get around | Definition of get around

1 to achieve a victory over

somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles

Synonyms of get around

beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Words Related to get around

sweep

edge (out), nose out, pip [British]

annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

Phrases Synonymous with get around

get the better of, knock for a loop

Near Antonyms of get around

fall, give up, go down, go under

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms of get around

lose (to)

2 to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness

somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state

Synonyms of get around

beat, bypass, circumvent, dodge, shortcut, sidestep, skirt

Words Related to get around

avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun

disobey, disregard, flout, ignore

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

Near Antonyms of get around

accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to)

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

Antonyms of get around

comply (with), follow, keep, obey, observe

3 to become known

word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

Synonyms of get around

break, circulate, come out, get about, get out, get round, leak (out), out, spread

Words Related to get around

develop, transpire, unfold

disclose, reveal, spill, tell

Near Antonyms of get around

hush (up), suppress

conceal, disguise, hide, mask

secrete

4 to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract

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Synonyms and Antonyms of get around

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