get round

English

Verb

get round (third-person singular simple present gets round, present participle getting round, simple past got round, past participle (UK) got round or (US) gotten round)

1. (slang, dated, transitive) To convince or trick (someone).
2. Alternative form of get around.
3. Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”).
   • 1890, The Twentieth Century, volume 27, page 934:

     […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.

Anagrams

• trudgeon