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worked around

worked around is the simple past and past participle of work around.

Meaning of work around

Verb

work around (third-person singular simple present works around, present participle working around, simple past and past participle worked around)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around.
    • He works around the corner in the fish shop.
  2. To bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle).
    • If we can't fix this problem, we'll just have to work around it.

Questions about worked around

What is worked around the simple past and past participle of?
Worked around is the simple past and past participle of work around.

Words near worked around in the dictionary

  1. workdays
  2. workdog
  3. workdogs
  4. worke
  5. worked
  6. worked around
  7. worked at
  8. worked away
  9. worked back
  10. worked backward
  11. worked blue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worked around (page history and authors); work around (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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