get around to

1. 1.

   do something despite obstacles such as lack of time

   “He finally got around to painting the windows”

   Broaderact

Questions about get around to

What does get around to mean?

get around to means "do something despite obstacles such as lack of time".

Is get around to a common word?

get around to is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.