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get around

To move to the other side of an obstruction.
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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.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'get around':

get aroundUsed other than as an idiom: see get, around.
get aroundTo come around something.
get aroundTo avoid or bypass an obstacle.
get aroundTo circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore.
get aroundTo transport oneself from place to place.
get aroundTo be sexually promiscuous.
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