get around to

get around to
verb
do something despite obstacles such as lack of time (Freq. 4)
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He finally got around to painting the windows

Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s VERB-ing

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get around to (informal)
To reach the point of (doing something)
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Main Entry:around

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ˌget a ˈround to ˌget ˈround to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they get around to he/she/it gets around to present participle getting around to past tense got around to past participle got around to] phrasal verb
to do something after you have intended to do it for some time

I meant to call you, but somehow I never got around to it.

get around to doing something:

We must get around to cleaning those windows.

Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym
Main entry: get

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get around to (or chiefly Brit. round to)
deal with (a task) in due course

I didn't get around to putting all the photos in frames


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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