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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get round to en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of get around to.
    • The pandemic preparation timebomb detonated to devastating effect; a number of other timebombs are on the shortest of fuses. The government has now reached a state of perfect vicious cycle, when the only thing worse than the things it does are all the things it didn’t get round to doing. 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
got round to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got round to Tense=Past lexicographic
gets round to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gotten round to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
getting round to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic