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get round

get round verb: to convince or trick (someone). Also the alternative form of get around.

Verb

get round (third-person singular simple present gets round, present participle getting round, simple past got round, past participle (UK) got round or (US) gotten round)

  1. (dated, slang, transitive) To convince or trick (someone).
  2. Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”).
    • […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.1890, The Twentieth Century, volume 27, page 934
    Synonyms:
    bet round

Also used as

get round is also the alternative form of get around.

Synonyms of get round

Forms of get round

third-person singular presentgets round
present participlegetting round
pastgot round
past participle UKgot round
past participle USgotten round

Questions about get round

What does get round mean?
Get round means to convince or trick (someone).
What part of speech is get round?
Get round is a verb.
What is the past tense of get round?
The past tense of get round is got round.

Words near get round in the dictionary

  1. get ridda
  2. get ride of
  3. get right
  4. get right down to cases
  5. get right into it
  6. get round
  7. get round to
  8. get rounds
  9. get screwed
  10. get sick
  11. get some

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