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work around

verb
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around. · He works around the corner in the fish shop.
  2. To bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle). · If we can't fix this problem, we'll just have to work around it.
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Consider the long sequence of incidents which have all pointed to some sinister influence which is at work around us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 128 · C1

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