work around

work around someone or something

to manage to do one's work while avoiding someone or something. He is being a problem, but he will have to leave pretty soon. You'II just have to work around him for now. You have to work around the piano. It is too heavy to move.

work around

1. To wrap or pass something around something by repeated, continuous, or applied effort: The knitter worked some decorative stitching around the edge of the sleeve.

2. To achieve a goal in such a way as to avoid some difficulty: Can we work around the problem, or do we have to solve it?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Quinlan	KWIN-lən	English (Rare)
Arden	['a:dn]
Astles	['æslz]
Truus	TRUYS	Dutch
Chloe	['kləui]
Jessica	JES-i-kə (English)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese