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
Synonyms
Examples of get about in a Sentence
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
Recent Examples on the Web
The volcanically active country plans to commission its first geothermal power plant in 2024, and in the meantime gets about a quarter of its overall power from hydroelectric sources.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
Santa Barbara and Ventura counties’ coasts and valleys are also forecast to get about 2 inches of rain.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
From the law, Amtrak will get about $66 billion in new investments, according to the White House.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
As in her earlier races, Ms. Deer was ultimately unsuccessful, losing the general election to Rep. Scott Klug, the Republican incumbent, who got about 63 percent of the vote.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
Just three miles south is the South Chula Vista branch, which the city built in 1995 and which gets about 190,000 annual visits.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
Rush said most of the complaints the city gets about the scooters are that they are poorly parked and obstructing sidewalks.
—Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
And the Army gets about half of its recruits from that shrinking population.
—Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
Low-income families like theirs get about 33 pounds of wheat from the government every month, but that is enough to last only 10 days, leaving them at the mercy of the market for the rest of it.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
Santa Barbara and Ventura counties’ coasts and valleys are also forecast to get about 2 inches of rain.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
From the law, Amtrak will get about $66 billion in new investments, according to the White House.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
As in her earlier races, Ms. Deer was ultimately unsuccessful, losing the general election to Rep. Scott Klug, the Republican incumbent, who got about 63 percent of the vote.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
Just three miles south is the South Chula Vista branch, which the city built in 1995 and which gets about 190,000 annual visits.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
Rush said most of the complaints the city gets about the scooters are that they are poorly parked and obstructing sidewalks.
—Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
And the Army gets about half of its recruits from that shrinking population.
—Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
Low-income families like theirs get about 33 pounds of wheat from the government every month, but that is enough to last only 10 days, leaving them at the mercy of the market for the rest of it.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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