get round

verb — 3 senses

verb

Dated, Slang To convince or trick (someone).

Alternative Alternative form of get around.

Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”).

[…] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.1890, The Twentieth Century, volume 27, page 934:

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