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I have a question for all of you out there who are not from the US. I was reading a Highlander fanfic today (blushes and bows head) and they kept using the term, "get around" instead of get dressed. Is that a French or English saying? At first I had no idea what they were talking about, but they kept using it, and the person who wrote the story was not American. Can anyone help this poor, confused hobbit?