GETS ROUND Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

gets round

verb

present tense third-person singular of get round

as in spreads

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

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Tell me what the heck a gross bacterium that spreads disease has to do with sunscreen.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause severe illness and spreads easily among patients with serious medical conditions in health care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

— Emma Koppelman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreads

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There are still treatments available when cancer has spread to the bones, including therapeutic radiation, which circulates throughout the body and can help relieve discomfort.

— Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
The basket has a chlorine dispenser that can handle 1- and 3-inch tablets to sanitize the water as the S2 circulates around the pool.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulates

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The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 May 2026

Definition of gets out

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Those limits determine how much material reaches refiners and manufacturers, regardless of how much ore comes out of the ground.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026

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