get around

Meaning

1. Oxford55% of films

   to move from place to place or from person to person

2. Editorial30% of films

   to find the time to do something, especially after putting it off

3. Oxford15% of films

   to deal with a problem successfully

In the movies · 36

• It gets around among the men and makes a bad impression.Paths of Glory1957
• It turns people off, and word gets around, believe me.Auto Focus2002
• Crabs flank right. Get around on 'em.Avatar: The Way of Water2022
• When I get around to it.Heat1995
• I don't get around to poetry much.The Pale Blue Eye2022
• Okay, maybe we'll get around to lunch.Apollo 112019
• There are other ways to get around This is humiliatingPokémon Detective Pikachu2019
• We were bound to get around to it sometime.High Fidelity2000

Learn it in full scenes

• Paths of Glory1957
  • Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive
  • Broulard Visits Dax at the Front
  • Mireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill
• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman

From the same entry

• be getting on
• be getting on for
• can't get over
• get away from it all
• get it
• get it on
• get it up
• get going
• get nowhere get anywhere
• get somewhere
• get there
• get this

More phrasal verbs

• stick together
• fight back
• settle in
• stand out
• call for
• do without
• blend in
• go through with
• start up
• face up to
• go over
• go along with