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Meanings of getting round in English

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Usage of getting round in English
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Ahmad has been getting round-the-clock police security since months after the riots.
Reuters
2
There was no getting round it: the booze had to be sunk.
The Guardian
3
But there's no getting round the fact that the woman was murdered.
The preacher
4
Scouting showed that there was no way of getting round this hill.
The Transvaal from Within: A Private Record of Public Affairs
5
On getting round the next point, the vessel was distinctly visible.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
6
They could not get at him without getting round the desk.
The Second Deluge
7
He must go on and trust to luck for getting round.
The Girl from Keller's
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If his skull is not cracked he won't be long in getting round.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
9
But what I was getting round to with this was about Gaffer Farleigh.
The Pinhoe Egg
10
We cannot help the moths getting round the candle, can we?
The Late Miss Hollingford
11
However, thousands of people are only now getting round to disposing of their trees.
The Irish Times
12
There was no getting round it, so in he dashed.
Chasing the Sun
13
Where there is a wall, there is usually a way of getting round it.
The Guardian
14
How easily these queer animals succeed in getting round us.
The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
15
Well, this trap must be liberated; no getting round that.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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He has been in bed ever since, but he is getting round quite well.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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