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  • get round to: meaning and explanation
  • Listening exercises
    • Micro-listening #1
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    • Micro-listening #2
      • Accent: North America
    • Micro-listening #3
      • Accent: Ireland

get round to: meaning and explanation

to get round/around to something = to do something which you had been planning to do or wanted to do for a while.

If you finally get round to doing something, it means that you had wanted or needed to do something for a while, and eventually found the time to do it. e.g. I finally got round to fixing that dripping tap.

This expression is often used negatively when you are explaining that you didn’t have time do do something, e.g. I didn’t get round to taking the dog for a walk = I was planning on taking the dog for a walk, but I didn’t have time or had too many other things to do.

Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?

Listening exercises

Micro-listening #1

Accent: Scotland

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I to doing taxes – done months .

I finally round to doing taxes – I should done them months .

About the sentence

…I should have done them months ago…

The structure should have + past participle is used to communicate a regret about something you did or didn’t do in the past. e.g. I should have gone to bed earlier last night – I feel exhausted..

Micro-listening #2

Accent: North America

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I going for at the never seem .

I always on going for a at the but I never seem to around to .

About the sentence

…I always plan on going…

Notice the useful structure to plan on doing sth, e.g. I’m planning on working late tonight, so don’t expect me home until about 10.

Micro-listening #3

Accent: Ireland

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I to watching you . It wasn't of thing .

I finally round to watching film you . It wasn't my kind of thing to be .

About the sentence

…it wasn’t really my kind of thing

Saying that something isn’t really your kind of thing is a more indirect [and possibly more polite] way of saying that you don’t like something. e.g. Musicals aren’t really my kind of thing, but thanks for the invitation.

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V.

Obtain, secure, acquire, come by or into [the] possessionof, procure, pick up; collect; buy, purchase, book, retain,hire, engage, rent, lease; accede to, inherit, fall heir to,succeed to: Where did you get these beautiful prints? You hadbetter get yourself a good lawyer. They got the furniture fromhis mother's estate. 2 receive; be given, come by: He got abicycle from his grandma. I got a job at the carwash.

Earn,receive, realize, make, take, gross, clear, net, pocket, bepaid; win, Colloq take home, pull down: He gets a lot of moneyfor just standing there and answering questions.

Fetch, go[to or and] get, go for or after, pick up; bring [back],retrieve: Please get me a cup of tea.

Catch, contract, have,suffer from, come down with, fall ill or sick with, be afflictedwith, become infected with, acquire: You'll get pneumonia ifyou go out without your coat.

Become, fall: We got ill fromeating too much chocolate.

Become, turn, grow: It got verycold last night. He got rich almost overnight.

Capture,seize, arrest, take, apprehend, grab, pick up, lay hold of, bag,Colloq collar, nab, pinch: Are the police sure that they gotthe right person?

Manage, arrange, come, succeed; contrive,fix it, manoeuvre, manipulate, Colloq wangle: How did you getto be chairman?

Reach, arrive [at], come, go, travel,journey: She got home by taxi.

Catch, take, enter, make,come or go by, travel or journey by: He got the midnight train.12 reach, get in touch with, communicate with, get onto orthrough to, Colloq contact: We finally got him just before heleft for the day.

Receive, pick up, tune in to or on, listento or watch: I cannot get that programme.

Persuade, prevailupon, coax, induce, influence, cajole, wheedle, talk [someone]into, sway, bring [someone] round, make, cause: How did youever get them to let you go?

Put, place, set, fit,manoeuvre, manipulate, wiggle, wriggle: I can't get this knobback on.

Affect, stir, move, touch, arouse, stimulate,excite, have an impact or effect on, make an impression on,impress, leave a mark on, get to, Colloq turn [someone] on:Those old romantic songs really get me.

Get at, irritate,annoy, vex, irk, nettle, pique, provoke, anger, exasperate,bother, perturb, rile, Colloq bug, get [someone's] goat, rub[someone] [up] the wrong way, Sometimes non-standard aggravate:Doesn't it get you to see people going unpunished for theircrimes?

Baffle, confuse, confound, puzzle, perplex,bewilder: You've got me! I don't know where it is!

Understand, appreciate, fathom, see, grasp, apprehend, perceive,follow, comprehend, take in, work out, make head[s] or tail[s]of: You just don't get the joke, do you?

Catch, hear: Ididn't get the name; please repeat it.

Derive, learn, glean,absorb, take in: Did you get anything from yesterday's lecture?22 have, place, put, fix, pinpoint: Eventually, I'll get himwhere I want him!

Get even with, revenge oneself on, takevengeance on, pay [someone] back, settle or even the score with,get back at: I'll get him for betraying me if it's the lastthing I do!

Strike, hit, punch, smack; shoot; hurt, harm,damage, injure; Slang sock, slug: She got him right between theeyes.

Get about or around. a spread, become known, leak[out], circulate, be bruited about or around, be noised abroad,go about or around: He let the news get about that he needed asecretary. b be socially active, socialize, go or get out; runabout or around, gad about: Since his accident, he doesn't getaround much any more.

Get across. get or put over, putacross, get through, communicate, make clear, impart: She istrying to get across to you the fact that she despisestelevision. 27 get ahead. succeed, prosper, be or becomesuccessful, do well, flourish, thrive, make good, progress, rise[up] in the world, Colloq go places: With his contacts, he'sbound to get ahead.

Get along. a be friendly or compatible[with], associate [with], agree [with], be agreeable, get on[with], Colloq hit it off [with]: She gets along with mostpeople quite well. Do you think they'll get along? b manage,cope, shift, fare, survive, make both ends meet, keep the wolffrom the door, keep one's head above water, get on, Colloq getby, make out, make do: How are you getting along with your newnovel? c leave, depart, go or move away, get going, get on, goalong, proceed: I have to get along now or I'll miss my train.d progress, proceed, get on, advance, move ahead or along or on:How are you getting on with your new novel? e get on, age, getor become or grow older, advance: They are getting along butyou wouldn't guess that they're eighty.

Get around. a See25, above. b See 46, below.

Get at. a gain access to,access, reach, put or lay one's hands on, get to: I can't getat the lock from here. b intend, mean, suggest, hint [at],insinuate, imply, have in mind or view, contemplate: She justdidn't understand what I was getting at. c get, tease, taunt,criticize, find fault with, carp, nag, pick on, US get to: Sheis really beginning to get at me with her persistent criticism.d get to, influence, intimidate, corrupt, bribe, undermine,subvert, suborn: They tried to get at the judge. e learn, findout, ascertain, determine: The police said they were onlytrying to get at the facts.

Get away. a escape, leave,break out or away, flee, depart, make good one's escape, eludeone's captors, break free, disappear: He will never be able toget away now! b escape, take a holiday or US also vacation, getor take a rest or respite: I must get away for a few days. cstart, get or take off: Black Flash got away from the startinggate at top speed.

Get back. a return, come or go back:I'll try to get back before midnight. b reacquire, recover,regain, retrieve, recoup, repossess: Can you get your moneyback for that hat?

Get back at. See 23, above.

Getbehind. back, support, promote, finance, fund, push, Colloqplug, hype: If you get behind the enterprise, I know it willsucceed.

Get by. See 28 [b], above.

Get down. adismount, alight, descend, come or go down, climb or step down,get off: He got down from his horse and drew his gun. b write[down], note [down], record, make a note of: She wasn't able toget down everything Shaw said. c depress, dispirit, sadden,dishearten, discourage, deject: Don't let a little thing likethat get you down. d swallow, eat: No sooner does he get somefood down than it comes right back up again. 37 get down to.concentrate or focus on, turn attention to, attend to: Let'sget down to business.

Get in. a enter, get into or on oronto, embark, entrain, emplane or enplane, get or go aboard: Wegot in the car and were driven away. You can get in here. benter, arrive, return, come or go in: I got in at eight today.c fit or squeeze in, insert, slip in, include: He got in mycomment. The doctor got me in before anyone else. d arrive,come in, land: My flight got in at dawn.

Get into. a putor put on, don, dress in, get dressed in: Here, get into thisuniform. b go into, discuss, become involved in, pursue, treat,describe, delineate, detail, follow up on, penetrate: Do youreally want me to get into the nasty details? c be into, be orbecome involved in, take up, pursue; enjoy, like, becomeenthusiastic about, Slang get off on, get or become high on: Icould really get into farming. d See 38 [a], above.

Getoff. a alight, disembark, get down from, get out of, dismount,descend [from], climb or step down off or from, deplane,detrain: She got off her bike and came towards me. b leave,depart, go [off], set out or off: I hope to get off tomorrowmorning. c remove, take off, shed, doff: Can you get thoseboots off easily? d cause to be set or go free, be or cause tobe acquitted or liberated or released or set free: A cleverlawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality.

Get off on. See 39 [c], above.

Get on. a See 28, above. bSee 38 [a], above. c See 39 [a], above. d grow or become late:It's getting on and they'll be waiting.

Get onto. a See 12,above. b See 38 [a], above. c discover, learn about, becomeaware of, find out about, Colloq Brit twig, US cotton [on] to:If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it.

Get out[of]. a leave, depart, go out or away, be off, retire: We gotout as quickly as we could. b escape, extricate oneself; bereleased: She thought she'd never get out alive. c extract,draw, wrest, force, drag or pry out, wring or get from: They'llnever get anything out of me! d gain, profit: Ask yourselfwhat you will get out of the deal. e avoid, evade, sidestep,escape: Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PEclass. f See 25 [b], above.

Get over. a surmount, cross,climb, pass, traverse: A dog can't get over a fence that high.b recover or recuperate from, survive: Which takes longer,getting over a love affair or the measles? c finish, complete,bring to an end: Let's get this over with as soon as possible.d See 26, above.

Get round or around. a bypass, circumvent,skirt, avoid, evade, elude, outsmart, outwit, outmanoeuvre,outflank, steal a march on, Colloq give [someone] therun-around: Chris is always trying to get round the parkingrestrictions. b cajole, wheedle, flatter, persuade, coax, winover: I didn't want to propose, but she managed to get roundme. c See 25.[b], above.

Get round or around to. get orcome to, reach, arrive at [finally], find time for: He said hewould do the repairs if he got round to it.

Get through. a[help to] succeed or complete: She got me through the ordeal.Without her help, I never could have got through. b reach,contact: The line is engaged and I cannot get through tomother. c finish, conclude: When you get through, please putaway the dishes. d communicate [with]: Parents sometimes havetrouble getting through to their children.

Get [to]. aarrive at, come to; near, approach: What time did you get tothe office? How did you get home? b See 28.[c], [d], above.

Get together. a gather, accumulate, collect, assemble: Getyour things together and leave at once! b assemble, convene,gather, meet, congregate, socialize: Have you time to gettogether on Friday? c arrive at or reach an agreement orsettlement, come to terms, come to an understanding: I think wecan get together on the question of wages.

Get up. a arise,awaken, wake [up]: I get up at dawn. b stand [up]: Get up andyou'll be able to reach it. c mount, climb [up], ascend: Canwe get up the next hill? She got up on the table and started todance. d create, devise, organize, arrange, prepare: We got upa cabaret for the after-dinner entertainment. e dress, clothe,apparel, outfit, attire, turn out, deck out, rig out, dress up,fit out or up: She got herself up as a cabaret dancer. fstudy, learn, US get up on: You'd best get up your historybefore the exam.

Get up to. become or be involved in, be upto: If you don't watch her, she'll get up to no good.

Oxford

V. & n.

V. [getting; past got; past part. got or US [and incomb.] gotten] 1 tr. come into the possession of; receive orearn [get a job; got œ200 a week; got first prize].

Tr.fetch, obtain, procure, purchase [get my book for me; got a newcar].

Tr. go to reach or catch [a bus, train, etc.].

Tr.prepare [a meal etc.].

Intr. & tr. reach or cause to reach acertain state or condition; become or cause to become [get rich;get one's feet wet; get to be famous; got them ready; got himinto trouble; cannot get the key into the lock].

Tr. obtainas a result of calculation.

Tr. contract [a disease etc.].

Tr. establish or be in communication with via telephone orradio; receive [a radio signal].

Tr. experience or suffer;have inflicted on one; receive as one's lot or penalty [got fouryears in prison].

A tr. succeed in bringing, placing, etc.[get it round the corner; get it on to the agenda; flattery willget you nowhere]. b intr. & tr. succeed or cause to succeed incoming or going [will get you there somehow; got absolutelynowhere].

Tr. [prec. by have] a possess [have not got apenny]. b [foll. by to + infin.] be bound or obliged [have gotto see you].

Tr. [foll. by to + infin.] induce; prevail upon[got them to help me].

Tr. colloq. understand [a person oran argument] [have you got that?; I get your point; do you getme?].

Tr. colloq. inflict punishment or retribution on,esp. in retaliation [I'll get you for that].

Tr. colloq. aannoy. b move; affect emotionally. c attract, obsess. damuse.

Tr. [foll. by to + infin.] develop an inclination asspecified [am getting to like it].

Intr. [foll. by verbalnoun] begin [get going].

Tr. [esp. in past or perfect] catchin an argument; corner, puzzle.

Tr. establish [an idea etc.]in one's mind.

Intr. sl. be off; go away.

Tr. archaicbeget.

Tr. archaic learn; acquire [knowledge] by study.

N.

A an act of begetting [of animals]. b an offspring [ofanimals].

Sl. a fool or idiot.

Manage towalk, move about, etc. [esp. after illness].

[of news] becirculated, esp. orally. get across 1 manage to communicate [anidea etc.].

[of an idea etc.] be communicated successfully.3 colloq. annoy, irritate. get along [or on] 1 [foll. bytogether, with] live harmoniously, accord.

Be off! nonsense!get at 1 reach; get hold of.

Colloq. imply [what are yougetting at?]. get away 1 escape.

[as imper.] colloq.expressing disbelief or scepticism.

[foll. by with] escapeblame or punishment for. get back at colloq. retaliateagainst. get by colloq.

Just manage, even with difficulty.2 be acceptable. get down 1 alight, descend [from a vehicle,ladder, etc.].

Record in writing. get a person down depressor deject him or her. get down to begin working on ordiscussing. get even [often foll. by with] 1 achieve revenge;act in retaliation.

Equalize the score. get his [or hersetc.] sl. be killed. get hold of 1 grasp [physically].

Grasp [intellectually]; understand.

Make contact with [aperson].

Acquire. get in 1 enter.

Be elected. get intobecome interested or involved in. get it sl. be punished or introuble. get it into one's head [foll. by that + clause] firmlybelieve or maintain; realize. get off 1 colloq. be acquitted;escape with little or no punishment.

Start.

Alight; alightfrom [a bus etc.].

Go, or cause to go, to sleep.

[foll. bywith, together] Brit. colloq. form an amorous or sexualrelationship, esp. abruptly or quickly. get a person offcolloq. cause a person to be acquitted. get on 1 makeprogress; manage.

Enter [a bus etc.].

= get along 1. geton to colloq.

Make contact with.

Understand; become awareof. get out 1 leave or escape.

Manage to go outdoors.

Alight from a vehicle.

Transpire; become known.

Succeed inuttering, publishing, etc.

Solve or finish [a puzzle etc.].7 Cricket be dismissed. get-out n. a means of avoidingsomething. get a person out 1 help a person to leave or escape.2 Cricket dismiss [a batsman]. get out of 1 avoid or escape [aduty etc.].

Abandon [a habit] gradually. get a thing out ofmanage to obtain it from [a person] esp. with difficulty. getoutside [or outside of] sl. eat or drink. get over 1 recoverfrom [an illness, upset, etc.].

Overcome [a difficulty].

Manage to communicate [an idea etc.]. get a thing over [or overwith] complete [a tedious task] promptly. get one's own backcolloq. have one's revenge. get-rich-quick adj. designed tomake a lot of money fast. get rid of see RID. get round [USaround] 1 successfully coax or cajole [a person] esp. to securea favour.

Evade [a law etc.]. get round to deal with [a tasketc.] in due course. get somewhere make progress; be initiallysuccessful. get there colloq.

Succeed.

Understand what ismeant. get through 1 pass or assist in passing [an examination,an ordeal, etc.].

Finish or use up [esp. resources].

Makecontact by telephone.

[foll. by to] succeed in making [aperson] listen or understand. get a thing through cause it toovercome obstacles, difficulties, etc. get to 1 reach.

= getdown to. get together gather, assemble. get-together n.colloq. a social gathering. get up 1 rise or cause to risefrom sitting etc., or from bed after sleeping or an illness.

Ascend or mount, e.g. on horseback.

[of fire, wind, or thesea] begin to be strong or agitated.

Prepare or organize.

Enhance or refine one's knowledge of [a subject].

Work up [afeeling, e.g. anger].

Produce or stimulate [get up steam; getup speed].

[often refl.] dress or arrange elaborately; makepresentable; arrange the appearance of.

[foll. by to] colloq.indulge or be involved in [always getting up to mischief].get-up n. colloq. a style or arrangement of dress etc., esp.an elaborate one. get-up-and-go colloq. energy, vim,enthusiasm. get the wind up see WIND[1]. get with childarchaic make pregnant. have got it bad [or badly] sl. beobsessed or affected emotionally.

Gettable adj. [ME f. ONgeta obtain, beget, guess, corresp. to OE gietan [recorded onlyin compounds], f. Gmc]

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