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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

get around

What does "there was just no getting around the fact that" mean, especially 'just'?
  

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get around = circumvent /avoid something or having to do something just = simply

  • get around = circumvent /avoid something or having to do something just = simply
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get around = circumvent /avoid something or having to do something
just = simply
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In this case "just" adds an emphasis of "no matter how hard one might try / no matter how much one wanted to".

"no getting (a)round the fact" is a set pattern of words meaning that a fact is unavoidable or incontrovertible.

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