gotten around
Avoided the obstacle
Gotten around covers several ideas about movement and avoidance.
To get around is to move from place to place: She gets around town on her bike.
It also means to circumvent or evade: They found a way to get around the regulations.
News or rumors that have gotten around have spread widely: Word has gotten around that he's leaving.
To have gotten around suggests sexual experience with multiple partners—sometimes admiring, sometimes dismissive: She's really gotten around.
- skirtedAvoided by going around
- traveledWent on a journey
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
- journeyedTraveled a distance
- getObtain or become
circumvented · circulated · spread · disseminated · managed · coped · found a way · propagated · made the rounds · escaped · sidestepped · globetrotted · eluded · roamed · improvised · adjusted · wandered · shared
gotten aroundtackled
Engaged with forcefully
addressed · confronted · dealt with · taken on · obeyed
gotten, around, getting, begotten, forgot, forgotten, forgettable, unforgettable