to get around

Examples

• All

• Japanese firms use a variety of ingenious means to get around the official ban on investments.

  Academic text (1991)

• To avoid paying the fees, she figured out how to get around the strict regulations.

• So how do we get around that problem?

• So what we can do to kind of get around that is we can use constraints.

  Brian McLogan

• One way to get around it is by means of external constraints.

  YaleCourses

• OK, so we'll be looking at ways to get around the lack of subspaces.

• And you're always going to have people who can find ways to get around rules and laws.

  Big Think

• Increasing-block rate structures have long been suggested as mechanisms for getting around this problem.

  Academic text (2003)

• Ed Stein has an elegantly simple way of getting around this problem.

  Academic text (2005)

• He always knows how to get around any obstacles in his path.

Synonyms

G

to get past

vsto get around

270 3.0

Manage to move beyond a problem or a bad feeling

means to avoid dealing with the difficulty rather than overcoming it

B

to bypass

vsto get around

119 4.7

To avoid dealing with a problem by using a different method

emphasizes doing this through indirect cleverness rather than simple rerouting

G

to go around

vsto get around

76 3.5

Find another way to avoid a difficult rule or task

is similar but often stresses a clever or indirect trick to avoid it

E

to evade

vsto get around

52 4.4

To get away from someone or something by being clever and tricky

is about avoiding required tasks specifically by indirect clever methods

C

to circumvent

vsto get around

45 7.7

To avoid a rule or problem by using clever tricks

focuses on clever indirect avoidance rather than facing the requirement

N

to negotiate

vsto get around

28 4.1

Move carefully through or around something difficult, like a steep path

differs by avoiding the task itself rather than overcoming or passing it

S

to sidestep

vsto get around

15 4.9

To avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem directly

is about avoiding difficult obligations in general, not only questions

S

to short-circuit

vsto get around

3 6.1

Avoid normal steps in a process to get a result faster

is more about clever indirect avoidance of duties rather than stopping processes

S

to skirt around the issue

vsto get around

1 6.8

To avoid talking about a difficult subject by giving vague answers

covers the same avoidance but applies broadly to duties and requirements

G

to go all around the Wrekin

vsto get around

• Archaic

9.9

To talk or act in a long, roundabout way to avoid the main point

is similar but often implies a clever quick avoidance rather than long détour

Antonyms

F

to face

∞ 2.2

To deal with a difficult situation or person

C

to confront

359 4.4

Face a difficult problem or fear directly and bravely

How Evasive

to circumvent

45 7.7

to evade

31 3.9

to get around

115 4.2

to sidestep

15 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology