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get around sth

Phrasal Verb with get
 
 
/get/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got, US gotten)

Definition

(also UK get round sth)
to find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem: Our lawyer found a way of getting around the adoption laws.
(Definition of get around sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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