Grammar fix

get around to

finally do something you have intended to do

to finally do something you have wanted or needed to do for a while, often after delaying it because you were busy or kept forgetting.

phrasal verbB1common
A man finally assembles a bookshelf from a dusty flat-pack box covered in cobwebs.

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

I finally got around to cleaning my room this weekend.

Honestly, I have a lot of hobbies I want to try, but I haven't got around to learning the guitar yet because of my busy schedule.

Fix the pattern

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: I never get around to do it.

Say: I never get around to doing it. / get around to it.

'Get around to' takes '-ing' or a noun, not a to-infinitive.

  • Pattern
  • get around to + noun/gerund

Which sounds natural?

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

get around to + -ing

  • it eventually
  • doing it
  • the emails
  • finally

Don't confuse it

Try it in Daily Speak