got about

verb

past tense of get about
as in spread
to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of got about Lopez received a settlement check for approximately $11,500, according to Rahmani, while Diaz got about $10,000. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April. — ABC News, 1 June 2026 Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion. — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026 The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Bloomington got about a half-inch less. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%. — Ryan Oehrli march 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026 Moth Days, in a relatively fleet process, got about a year and a half. — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got about
  1. spread
  2. circulated
  3. got out
  4. came out
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  • Open from 6 to 9pm, the market spreads along five blocks of Higuera Street with more than 100 booths.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Legionnaires’ disease is spread by inhaling tiny water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Videos of the incident circulated widely, drawing criticism and outrage over the pet’s death.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The day after the ceremony, photos circulated online of an ivory handkerchief embroidered with lace that was handed out to the wedding guests.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 July 2026
Definition of circulated
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  • The pair hopped the fence, knocked on a barn door and were sitting in their car writing a note to ask permission to return to take photos when Metz pulled up behind them and got out of his truck.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
  • The crew and the two witnesses said one of the three men got out with a dog and then moved aggressively towards the crew while shouting racial slurs targeted at the photographer.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of got out
Verb
  • Kim Kardashian’s brand Skims and Nike came together to launch the brand NikeSkims in 2025, and its first shoe release was the Rift Mesh, which came out in January.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • There were a few scientific papers that came out of the journey and some useful geological and survey work, but on the whole, the expedition’s accomplishments were minor.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of came out

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