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get round
verb
- preposition to circumvent or overcome
he got round the problem by an ingenious trick
- informal.preposition to have one's way with; cajole
that girl can get round anyone
- preposition to evade (a law or rules)
- adverbfoll byto to reach or come to at length
I'll get round to that job in an hour
Idioms and Phrases
see get around , def. 1 and 2.Example Sentences
The government said Unite should focus on "negotiating in good faith, drop their opposition to changes needed to resolve long-standing pay issues and get round the table" to bring the Birmingham bin strike to an end.
The regulations make it a criminal offence to try to get round the sanctions.
The boat was one of a number of floating stations that had taken advantage of a loophole in the law that allowed them to get round the BBC's monopoly on the UK airwaves to bring the sound of 60s pop to the nation's radios - something the BBC had up to that point largely resisted.
"I had little kids to bring up on my own and the night shift was the only way I could sort of get round it," Rocky said.
Brands that make unhealthy foods will be able to get round the government's junk food advertising ban if their adverts don't show products that break the rules.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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