Akademik

get around
verb
1. be released or become known; of news (Freq. 4)
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News of her death broke in the morning

• Syn: ↑break, ↑get out
• Hyponyms: ↑leak, ↑leak out
• Verb Group:
↑unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑bring out, ↑reveal, ↑discover, ↑expose, ↑divulge, ↑break, ↑give away, ↑let out
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

2. avoid something unpleasant or laborious (Freq. 2)
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You cannot bypass these rules!

• Syn: ↑bypass, ↑short-circuit, ↑go around
• Derivationally related forms: ↑bypass (for: ↑bypass)
• Hypernyms: ↑avoid
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

3. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
• Syn: ↑swing
• Hypernyms: ↑socialize, ↑socialise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

4. move around; move from place to place
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How does she get around without a car?

• Syn: ↑get about
• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.