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get around

Verb

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see get, around
To move to the other side of an obstruction.
It might be a while before we can get around from this traffic jam.
There's no trail going through. We can't get around to the lake.
To come around something.
Cross at the rocks when you get around the bend.
To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
I'll show you the stash if we can get around the guards.
Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law.
To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore.
How did you get around having to write the executive report?
My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself.
To transport oneself from place to place.
How's he gonna get around without a car?
Granny uses a wheelchair to get around.
To visit numerous different places.
- 1964, Brian Wilson and Mike Love, I Get Around (Beach Boys song).
  I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip
  I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip
  My buddies and me are getting real well known
  Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
  I get around (get around round round I get around)
  From town to town (get around round round I get around)
(slang) To be sexually promiscuous.
Wow, she really gets around.

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