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work around someone's schedule
fit plans to someone's availability
To work around someone's schedule is to arrange something at times when that person is available.
Hear it in real life
When can you meet the client?
I'll work around her schedule if you send me her available times.
We worked around the doctor's schedule and found an appointment on Friday.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We worked ‸ her schedule to arrange the meeting.
Say: We worked around her schedule to arrange the meeting.
Keep “around” in the fixed phrase when you adjust plans to fit someone's availability.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
work around someone's schedule; worked around someone's schedule
Your turn: say it out loud
We worked around the doctor's schedule and found an appointment on Friday.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
work around someone's schedule
fit plans to someone's availability
“We worked around the doctor's schedule and found an appointment on Friday.”
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