" gotten around "

1: to achieve a victory over;

  * e.g., " ... somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat,

•  best,

•  conquer,

•  defeat,

•  dispatch,

•  do down,

•  get,

•  lick,

•  master,

•  overbear,

•  overcome,

•  overmatch,

•  prevail (over),

•  skunk,

•  stop,

•  subdue,

•  surmount,

•  take,

•  trim,

•  triumph (over),

•  upend,

•  win (against),

•  worst

•  Antonyms : 

•  lose (to)

2: to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness;

  * e.g., " ... somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat,

•  bypass,

•  circumvent,

•  dodge,

•  shortcut,

•  sidestep,

•  skirt

•  Antonyms : 

•  comply (with),

•  follow,

•  keep,

•  obey,

•  observe

3: to become known;

  * e.g., " ... word of the discovery of gold quickly got around "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break,

•  circulate,

•  come out,

•  get about,

•  get out,

•  get round,

•  leak (out),

•  out,

•  spread

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in get down (to), get round (to);

•  Synonyms : 

•  get down (to),

•  get round (to),

•  establish,

•  father,

•  found,

•  institute,

•  organize,

•  pioneer,

•  set up,

•  spawn,

•  adopt,

•  embrace,

•  take on,

•  take up,

•  create,

•  generate,

•  inaugurate,

•  initiate,

•  innovate,

•  invent,

•  originate,

•  begin,

•  commence,

•  embark (on or upon),

•  enter (into or upon),

•  fall (to),

•  get off,

•  kick off,

•  launch,

•  lead off,

•  open,

•  start,

•  strike (into)

•  Antonyms : 

•  conclude,

•  end,

•  finish,

•  terminate,

•  cease,

•  desist,

•  discontinue,

•  halt,

•  knock off,

•  lay off,

•  quit,

•  stop,

•  close,

•  complete,

•  abandon,

•  forsake,

•  leave,

•  abolish,

•  demolish,

•  destroy,

•  exterminate,

•  extinguish,

•  phase out