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got around to

got around to is the simple past and past participle of get around to.

Meaning of get around to

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To eventually begin or return to some task.
    • Someday I'll get around to organizing this mess.

Questions about got around to

What is got around to the simple past and past participle of?
Got around to is the simple past and past participle of get around to.

Words near got around to in the dictionary

  1. got ahold of
  2. got ahold of oneself
  3. got along
  4. got amongst it
  5. got around
  6. got around to
  7. got at
  8. got away
  9. got away with murder
  10. got back
  11. got back at

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