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get about

verb

Definition of get aboutnext
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 Unfortunately, the house only gets about 15 minutes of screen time as the Owens women swap the cozy setting for the beautiful England countryside. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026 Schlossberg, who got about 10 percent of the vote, fled to his mother Caroline Kennedy’s house on Martha’s Vineyard for the summer to heal his wounds. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 Those requests are chosen at random, since he's gotten about 100,000 offers over the years. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The town gets about 41% of its water from the Colorado River, and will lose 20% of that allocation under the upcoming cuts. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get about
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
  1. spread
  2. circulate
  3. get out
  4. get around
  5. come out
Verb
  • Mayor Mamdani’s aides violated city rules and state law in using the disappearing Signal app to send messages to internet influencers to help them to spread word of the mayor’s achievements.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Extracting it economically remains difficult because uranium atoms are spread across vast volumes of water.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Once clothes are spread out with enough room for air to circulate, a fan can keep air moving and a dehumidifier can be useful in high-humidity homes.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Some raised the possibility that this was an act of racial violence, reacting to images circulating online of Wells and a crew of white friends.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulate
Verb
  • The Rutgers game could get out of hand fast, as the team needs to win the game by seven touchdowns and extra points in order to cover the spread.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • Aaron Turpen / New Atlas For those in the back seat, well, there’s no getting around the tininess of the EX30.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Two weeks after its short run ended, word got around, and Jaques received an out-of-the blue call from Sky’s then managing director of content (and later CEO of Sky Studios) Gary Davey, inviting him in for a chat.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of get around
Verb
  • Twice a year, more than 100 church volunteers come out to cook and serve authentic Greek food, bake pastries and welcome guests at the fests.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Your clothes will last longer, your energy bill will drop and your laundry will still come out clean.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of come out

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