verb
do something despite obstacles such as lack of time (Freq. 4)
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He finally got around to painting the windows
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Somebody ——s VERB-ing
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get around to (informal)
To reach the point of (doing something)
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Main Entry: ↑around
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ˌget a ˈround to ˌget ˈround to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they get around to he/she/it gets around to present participle getting around to past tense got around to past participle got around to] phrasal verb
to do something after you have intended to do it for some time
I meant to call you, but somehow I never got around to it.
get around to doing something:
We must get around to cleaning those windows.
Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym
Main entry: get
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get around to (or chiefly Brit. round to)
deal with (a task) in due course
I didn't get around to putting all the photos in frames
Useful english dictionary. 2012.