Synonyms for getting around

Grammar : Verb

Spell : get

Phonetic Transcription : gɛt

Top 10 synonyms for getting around

Other synonyms for the word getting around

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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