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get around

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To get around is to travel from place to place, or to dodge a rule cleverly. Get around by bus, hard to get around, get around the regulations.

The travel sense is about ease of movement, which is why it appears in writing about cities and disability. The dodging sense implies skill rather than lawbreaking.

Definitions of get around

  1. 1phraseget aroundTo travel from place to place; also, to dodge a rule cleverly.B2

    “It is easy to get around the city without a car.”

get around is a phrase.

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