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Cardinal
Cardinal
03:22
> Much conversation ensues, and we get around to the subject of trail magic.
Does the author purposefully use the verb "get around to" to imply everyone had wanted to talk about that topic?
Because, according to the online dictionaries, get around to, means something like you wanted to do something and you didn't get to do it but finally you get chance to do it.
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> Elmer explains that each night they come up with a question and circle around the table hearing everyone’s answer. “If you could choose one musical group or artist to eliminate—it would be as if their music never existed—who would you choose?” Paul asks.
Any ways,
Phrasal verb of the night: get around to
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userr2684291
userr2684291
06:41
@Cardinal Something like that, yes. I find such descriptions ambiguous / confusing, but I think the same is true with those in my first language.
But of course the dipping might be figurative and mean disappearing or some such.
I think the descend starts at the woods or immediately before it, but not really before that.
userr2684291
userr2684291
07:15
@Cardinal It doesn't feel that way. It feels like this issue is outstanding and they simply finally got around to discussing it. It may be construed as just "something we eventually talked about" that the narrator thought worth mentioning, but there are connotations of its perhaps being a sensitive topic, or something people don't really want to talk about, but there should be some additional context to confirm that.
@skullpetrol @skillpatrol @skullpatrol will explain it better, I'm sure!
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@userr2684291 Dozy, you?
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I'm OK.
userr2684291
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07:45
On the bus currently... Nothing better to do.
 
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ColleenV
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13:03
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Vielen dank
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@ColleenV Bitte
 
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Cardinal
Cardinal
15:39
@userr2684291 thanks Jacob!
 
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Anonymous
21:54
I think the metaphor underlying get around to is taking an indirect path rather than a direct one, so the core meaning ends up being the situation is delayed, and this tends to (but doesn’t always) have the secondary meaning that the actor intended for it to happen ahead of time, but either other things came first and caused the delay, or (in negation) they procrastinated and never ended up doing it. But I don’t think that the core meaning requires intention, only delay.
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@Cardinal Does that help?
Anonymous
I would say intention rather than want, by the way. Kids rarely want to do their homework, but they often intend to do it… eventually. They’ll get around to it :-)
Anonymous
As for your sentence, I don’t have any more context to go on, but I think it could just mean that they talked about lots of other stuff first. I don’t think it necessarily has the intention meaning, but my opinion could change depending on context.
Cardinal
Cardinal
22:20
It does help, thank you very much. @snailboat
@snailboat I see, I will consider this important difference.

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