Except and Get around

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

Get around and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Get around" instead a verb "Except".

Get around

Get around verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract

Except and get around are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a verb "Get around".

Mutual synonyms

Both terms in one sentence

  • It would be a way to get around Wouldn't Hit a Girl... except Ken's shown no issues fighting women in the past, and even threw Garaba around pretty roughly before the disguise was revealed.
  • Except they get around this by chewing gum that's saturated with nitrogen, so the oxygen isn't the problem but the alleged lack of nitrogen.
  • Video Game / Anodyne Warp Zone: All the areas of the Land except the very first are linked together relatively mundanely, but the Nexus provides a much faster way to get around (and indicators to tell you whether you've finished looting a given area).
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