get about

verb

got about; got about or gotten about; getting about; gets about

intransitive verb

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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The Club will get about 812 shares of Qnity and keep its 1,625 shares of DuPont. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025 The group visited France, which gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power. Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 It's recommended that most people get about 10-35% of their calories from protein. Jillian Kubala, Health, 11 Oct. 2025 Spain, one of Europe's front runners in renewable energy, gets about 46% of its power from solar and wind, according to the think tank Ember— sometimes more than 70%. Julia Simon, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get about

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of get about was in 1740

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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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