get around to sth
UK also get round to sth— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
B2 to do something that you have intended to do for a long time:
I still haven't got around to fixing that tap.
More examples
- I intended to tidy the flat at the weekend, but I didn't get round to it.
- It's been at the back of my mind to call José for several days now, but I haven't got round to it yet.
- He never did get around to putting up the shelves.
- After weeks of putting it off, she finally got around to painting the bedroom.
- Did you get round to doing the shopping?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- initiative
- manoeuvre
- manoeuvring
- money
- up to
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