put oneself about

present singular third person puts oneself about · participle present putting oneself about

1. To make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.

   Only this morning, before Stan had picked him up to go to work, Matt had yelled that she didn't put herself about enough and didn't mix with his family as much as she should.

   2012, Elizabeth Waite, Time Will Tell

2. archaicTo make a special effort; to exert oneself, or go out of one's way.

   And Esther put herself about to amuse him, showing him photograph-books and views of various sorts, adding a question or two from time to time, to find out how much he knew, and how well he had been taught.

   1883, William Meynell Whittemore, Sunshine, page 18

   Synonyms: go out of one's way, put oneself out, put oneself out of the way

3. informalTo be sexually promiscuous.

   Marlene liked to put herself about. She had been known to bestow her favours on allied servicemen in four different war zones on the same night.

   2009, Neville Phillips, Smack a Trifle!: Odd Quirks in Prose and Rhyme, page 3