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got round

got round is the simple past and past participle of get round.

Meaning of get round

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

Questions about got round

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

Words near got round in the dictionary

  1. got religion
  2. got rid of
  3. got right
  4. got right down to cases
  5. got right into it
  6. got round
  7. got round to
  8. got rounds
  9. got sick
  10. got some
  11. got some air

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