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Get around meaning

Get around is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to visit many different places, often as part of your work or daily life.

Past simple
got around
Past participle
got around
-ing form
getting around

What get around means

travel widelyB2

To visit many different places, often as part of your work or daily life

Her job allows her to get around the country.

2 more meanings of get around are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get off, get at, get away, get away with.

With around: shop around, play around, change around, come around, go around, jerk around, pass around, play around with.

Common questions

What does get around mean?

It has 3 meanings. One of them is to visit many different places, often as part of your work or daily life. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of get around?

Got around, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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