Phrasal Verbs with ‘get’ (2)

Gerry: How do you manage to survive without a job?

Kimberly: Oh, I get by with a bit of help from my parents.

[Have just enough money to pay for the things you need but nothing more]

Lauren: The problem is that the regulations don’t allow us to use next year’s budget.

Juliet: Don’t worry. We’ll get around it somehow.

[Also get round. Find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem]

Yanis: Have you rung the travel agent’s yet to confirm our bookings?

Ronan: Sorry, I haven’t got round / around to it yet, but I promise that I’ll do it after lunch.

[Do something that you have intended to do for a long time]

Polly: I really think you ought to you-know-who about you-know-what.

Ivan: I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re getting at. Who? What?

[Asking someone what they mean, usually because they have said something indirectly]

Ellen: Do you think I can get away with not giving the students any handouts in my lecture?

Lou: Yes, they just throw them away anyway.

[Do something successfully even though it is not the best way of doing it]

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