Английский словарь американских идиом - get around
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Get around
get around
{v.} 1a. To go to different places; move about. * /Mary's father really gets around; Monday he was in Washington; Wednesday he was in Chicago; and today he is in New York./ * /Fred broke his leg, but he is able to get about on crutches./ 1b. or get about To become widely known especially by being talked about. * /Bad news gets around quickly./ 2a. {informal} To get by a trick or flattery what you want from (someone). * /Mary knows how to get around her father./ 2b. {informal} To find a way of not obeying or doing; escape from. * /Some people try to get around the tax laws./ * /John did not weigh enough to join the Navy, but he got around that; he drank a lot of water before his physical examination./
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1. To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it. None of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem of the polarization of wealth. = get over PHRASAL VERB: V P n 2. If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it. Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows. PHRASAL VERB: V P n 3. If news gets around, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people. They threw him out because word got around that he was taking drugs... I’ll see that it gets round that you’ve arrived. = get about PHRASAL VERB: V P that, it V P that 4. If you get around someone, you persuade them to allow you to do or have something by pleasing them or flattering them. Max could always get round her. PHRASAL VERB: V P n 5. If you get around, you visit a lot of different places as part of your way of life. He claimed to be a journalist, and he got around. PHRASAL VERB: V P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Date: 1835 transitive verb 1. circumvent, evade 2. to get the better of intransitive verb 1. a. to find or take the necessary time or effort — used with to b. to give attention or consideration — used with to 2. to go from place to place 3. to become known or current word got around that he was resigning ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. распространиться, стать известным; 2. передвигаться, бывать в различных местах; 3. управиться; обернуться ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
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1. распространиться, становиться известным the news got about that... —- распространилась новость, что...; прошел слух, что... it got about that... —- стало известно, что... 2. передвигаться trams and buses make it easy to get around —- трамваи и автобусы облегчают передвижение he is already getting about —- он уже начал (вы)ходить (после болезни) he gets about with a stick —- он передвигается (ходит) при помощи палки (с палкой) 3. бывать в различных местах I don't get around much —- я мало где бываю she gets about quite a lot, working for this firm —- работая в этой фирме, она много ездит (разъезжает) 4. добираться, доходить (до сути дела и т. п.), приниматься (за что-л.), начинать (что-л.) then he got round to facts —- затем он обратился (перешел) к фактам when will you get around to my question? —- когда вы доберетесь (дойдете) до моего вопроса? I'll get around to it —- я как-нибудь этим займусь I never got round to see her —- я так и не выбрался повидаться с ней (навестить ее) after a long delay he got around to writing the letter —- после длительной задержки он наконец написал это письмо ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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