go about

verb

went about; gone about; going about; goes about

transitive verb

: to set about : to begin to do

Examples of go about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s an almost comically blasé way in which the performers — who are used to such spectacles — go about their work an hour before thousands of audience members will gasp and clap at the same tricks. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Using models from both OpenAI and Anthropic, the pair went about proving the problem by building on research done by mathematicians Diego Cordoba and Luis Martinez-Zoroa, the statement continued. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

The plane went about 1,300 feet past the runway, crashing into vehicles both inside and outside the airport perimeter. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

From there, things went about as well as an American in New York could have hoped. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go about

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout