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get around

To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore.
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How did you get around having to write the executive report?
My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself.

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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 move to the other side of an obstruction.
get aroundTo come around something.
get aroundTo avoid or bypass an obstacle.
get aroundTo transport oneself from place to place.
get aroundTo be sexually promiscuous.
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