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Synonyms for getting around


Grammar : Verb
Spell : get
Phonetic Transcription : gɛt

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Définition of getting around

Origin :
  • early 14c., "offspring," from get (v.). Meaning "what is got, booty" is from 14c.
  • As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
  • As in negotiate : verb traverse, cross
  • As in overcome : verb beat, defeat
  • As in prevail upon/prevail on : verb persuade, influence
  • As in shirk : verb avoid, get out of responsibility
  • As in shun : verb avoid, ignore
  • As in sidestep : verb dodge
  • As in socialize : verb be friendly at gatherings
  • As in veer : verb change direction
  • As in weasel : verb avoid, evade
  • As in prevail on : verb persuade
  • As in bypass : verb avoid
  • As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
  • As in goldbrick : verb idle
  • As in circulate : verb flow
  • As in circumvent : verb fool, mislead
  • As in nationalize : verb socialize
  • As in deviate : verb stray from normal path
  • As in divert : verb take attention away
  • As in dodge : verb avoid
  • As in elude : verb avoid; escape
  • As in evade : verb get away from
  • As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
Example sentences :
  • There warn't no explaining it, but there it was and there warn't no getting around it.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • These might carry him away from the shore and prevent him from getting around the point.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison
  • The only hope he had of getting around them was to drive through this mud.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point » by Laura Lee Hope
  • It is mostly a matter of getting around to the more remote peoples.
  • Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Old Dutcher was a crank—there was no getting around that fact.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Well, there was no getting around the fact that he was in for a fight.
  • Extract from : « The Backwoodsmen » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • It was the thing that would have happened, there was no getting around that.
  • Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • I never was so humiliated in my life, but there's no getting around the truth.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • I guess Tom Fairfield can find some plan for getting around it.
  • Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
  • But the tradesmen are remarkably late about getting around in the morning.
  • Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

Antonyms for getting around

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