out and about
idiom
: going to different places
She is always out and about, doing one thing or another.
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Here are the best photos of celebs out and about this week.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
During the overnight snowfall, over 200 Streets and Sanitation trucks were out and about, cleaning up the roadways before most people were out of bed and allowing a lot of them, like the crowds down in the Loop, to keep their Sunday plans.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Zendaya has also donned it in a more casual way, out and about in the streets of New York.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
From New York to Los Angeles to London, familiar faces were out and about as the holiday season picked up.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Dec. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
During the overnight snowfall, over 200 Streets and Sanitation trucks were out and about, cleaning up the roadways before most people were out of bed and allowing a lot of them, like the crowds down in the Loop, to keep their Sunday plans.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Zendaya has also donned it in a more casual way, out and about in the streets of New York.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
From New York to Los Angeles to London, familiar faces were out and about as the holiday season picked up.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Out and about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20and%20about. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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