To restrain; to keep from approaching.
To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.
To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
To remove one of one's own checkers from the board. The first player to bear off all checkers is the winner.
To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
To visit numerous different places.
To transport oneself from place to place.
To be sexually promiscuous.
To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.