get about

verb

To be mobile, physically active.

“If this story gets about then I'm finished.”

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Meanings

verbget about (third-person singular simple present gets about, present participle getting about, simple past got about, past participle (UK) got about or (US) gotten about)

present singular third person gets about · participle present getting about · past got about · UK participle past got about · US participle past gotten about

  1. informalTo be mobile, physically active.

    I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip.

    1 more example

    The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days.

    [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC
  2. informalTo become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.

    If this story gets about then I'm finished.

    Synonyms: get out

  3. informalTo visit a variety of different places.

    That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.

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More synonyms by meaning

verbmove around; move from place to place

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

get about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20about

MLA

“get about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20about. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get about,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20about.

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