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

Synonyms of get about

• spread
• circulate
• get out
• get around
• come out

Examples of get about in a Sentence

it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

Recent Examples on the Web

Japan still gets about 95% of its crude imports from the Middle East, helping explain why its stock markets reacted so sharply to the risk of a prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. —Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026

According to video and witness accounts, when the students got about a half mile from the high school, the protest took a turn. —Liz Crawford, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026

On average, the top 20 shows get about 44 percent of their total seven-day audiences after the first airing. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026

While its Iranian oil imports are easily replaced, China gets about half of its oil from the Middle East as a whole. —Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for get about

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