Synonyms of gets about

gets about

verb

present tense third-person singular of get about

as in spreads

to become known

it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spreads
• circulates
• gets out
• comes out
• gets around
• gets round
• leaks (out)
• outs
• unfolds
• breaks
• reveals
• tells
• develops
• discloses
• transpires
• spills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• masks
• hides
• conceals
• disguises
• hushes (up)
• secretes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gets about

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

Published continuously since World War II, Stars and Stripes gets about half of its funding from the Pentagon and the remainder from advertising and subscriptions. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

The drop has coincided with broader volatility in the AI trade, particularly chip stocks, and a decline in the Korean market, which gets about half its value from SK Hynix and Samsung. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Anthropic — which gets about 80% of its $30 billion run-rate from enterprise use — saw inference margins climb from 38% to over 70% during 2026 due to the popularity of Claude Code, according to SemiAnalysis. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

During the summer, the organization gets about 30 to 35 students for its summer tutoring program, which is scheduled to start on July 1. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

For now, Space Florida gets about $17 million a year for operational budget but limited funds for infrastructure investment. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 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

The food pantry gets about 150,000 annual visits at its warehouse and through its offsite distribution service. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026