get around vs get past

get around

verb
  • 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. 

get past

verb
  • To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way. 

  • To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time. 

  • To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way. 

  • To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief. 

How often have the words get around and get past occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )