get around tosth
—phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
(UKalsoget round tosth)B2
to do something that you haveintendedto do for alongtime
做(早就想做的事情)
I still haven't got around tofixingthattap.我还没有修那个水龙头。
- 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?