GET ABOUT Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

get about

verb

Definition of get about

as in to spread

to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of get about The next year, Woodson set a UM record with 15 passes broken up and made first-team All-American, also getting about 10 plays a game on offense. — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 June 2026 Goldman and Morgan Stanley will each get about $100 million. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 June 2026 But the average American gets about 14 — and nutritionists have been sounding the alarm for years. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026 Acton-Boxboro just could not get any time of possession, only getting about two minutes in the opening frame. — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for get about

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Spoon about 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture in the center of each square, and spread slightly to fill the smaller square while maintaining the border.

— Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
As the first reports and videos of migrants reaching Ceuta spread on social media, more people headed north in hopes of reaching European Union territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Madison police do have dashboard cameras, and there are multiple bystander videos circulating of the incident, Lehr says.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 July 2026
As footage of the incident circulates on social media, Patterson said the footage is just one perspective of the encounter.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of circulate

Verb

In a United conference room tucked away from the commotion of the terminal, the musicians get out their instruments and are harmonizing a few seconds later.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of get out

Verb

The captain is so effective at getting around the pitch to mop up for Leeds.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 31 July 2026
As electric bikes and scooters become an increasingly common way for young people to get around, injuries tied to the devices are climbing at an alarming rate.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of get around

Verb

This waste is invisible to usage dashboards that track what went in, but not what came out.

— Kumar Chivukula, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Junior hockey had returned to some normalcy coming out of the pandemic, allowing Forton and his staff to hit the road for more in-person scouting.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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