Meaning

3 senses

  1. Synonym of skate over.

  2. (idiomatic)To be involved in various regions or parts of.

    She'd skated around the social circle for years.

  3. (idiomatic)To avoid a barrier or potential problem.

    He skated around the police during his time as a drug dealer.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom and Mary held hands as they skated around the rink.

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  2. The skaters skated around the rink.

    deDie Schlittschuhläufer liefen um die Bahn. — Tamy

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Forms

skates around, skating around, skated around, skated around
Base formskate around · to skate around
3rd person singularskates around
Present participleskating around
Past simpleskated around
Past participleskated around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskate around
he, she, itskates around

Past simpleLesson

all personsskated around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skated around
he, she, ithas skated around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skate around

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
skate over

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sizzleskateA2skateboardB2skaterskeletal
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