get about
verb
got about; got about or gotten about; getting about; gets about
1
: to become current : circulate
2
: to be up and about : begin to walk
able to get about again
Examples of get about in a Sentence
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
Higgins got about 38% of those votes, Isbell estimated.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
What doesn’t Natalie get about this?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Newport Beach now gets about 85% of its water from groundwater and 15% from sources in Northern California and the Colorado River, city officials said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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