GOT ROUND Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got round

verb

past tense of get round

as in spread

to become known word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel

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Recent Examples of got round At the end of last month, Trump finally got round to including Seth Meyers in his social media barrages against the comedians that regularly mock him. — Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

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Swells from Isaias are affecting the western and northern portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and will spread northward toward the Gulf Coast on Friday.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Food and drink With half a dozen restaurants spread around the complex, there’s no need to eat the same dish twice.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

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Murmurs have circulated among California state workers about bedbugs returning to the Department of Education’s headquarters, where an infestation this summer resulted in employees temporarily working from home.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
April Leonard, a former social media manager for the city, had her name and picture circulated online after the city’s official X account posted a controversial joke about Butker.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulated

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When the Nissan's occupants stopped to check on him, Tanaka allegedly got out of his vehicle with a handgun and fired at least one round into the car's windshield.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Renee stopped their red SUV in the street and honked her horn to warn people about the operation while Becca got out and started recording video with her cellphone.

— Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of got out

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That came out of, in part, speaking to so many people in our field and just in the city in general about what needs there are in the ecosystem, one of which is that space is a scarcity.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Whatever electronic gremlins the first models came out with have long been sorted.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of came out

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Although the city, bound by a freakishly heavy snowfall and bitter cold, was hard to traverse, Dylan, now with plenty of time on his hands, got around.

— Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Notre Dame responded to Jefferson's big play with a 17-play, 75-yard drive lasting more than nine minutes by the time Carr got around the right side for a fourth-down TD keeper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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