get around tosomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
(UKalsoget round tosomething)B2
to do something that you haveintendedto do for alongtime:
I still haven't got around tofixingthattap.
- Iintendedtotidytheflatat theweekend, but I didn't get round to it.
- It's been at the back of mymindtocallJosé for severaldaysnow, but I haven't got round to ityet.
- He never did get around to putting up theshelves.
- Afterweeksof putting it off, shefinallygot around topaintingthebedroom.
- Did you get round to doing theshopping?
Acting and acts
- (your)every moveidiom
- -ation
- act/dosomethingonyourown responsibilityidiom
- activity
- ADL
- agency
- ant
- er
- execution
- exploit
- fait accompli
- feel
- move
- role play
- rot
- step
- step up
- stop the rotidiom
- stuff
- talk