got about

past tense of get about

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of got about This budget year, UCCS got about $19 million in research funding from a combination of federal, state and private sources. Byron Tau, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025 The share was even higher among children, who got about 62% of their diet from ultraprocessed foods on average. Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got about
Verb
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
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  • Ten Hag’s first season at United yielded silverware and a third-place league finish, but also had bouts of concerning away form, with tactical weaknesses that would eventually spread and critically undermine his plans for the future.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Slate That means that there have been design tweaks to the vehicle, many of which remain unseen on prototypes that have been circulated at brand and model discovery events, called Slate to State, that are being hosted throughout the country.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • To force a House vote, Massie and Khanna circulated a petition among their colleagues.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Debose got out on a $10,000 bond due to the choices of a magistrate in that pursuit case, but Hartig was still handling the proceedings.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Word got out and, even before The Public Eye was released, Jerry was cast as Paul House, the murderer in Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery — a role every bit as big as Diane Keaton’s, Alan Alda’s or Angelica Huston’s.
    Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And by the time the city got around to planning for big improvements in the 1980s, the park was shut down by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Manfred never got around to mentioning that the other day.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • School was out for the holiday break, and nearly 90 firefighters from the surrounding communities came out to fight the blaze.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Raiders came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, marching 66 yards down the field on six plays and scoring on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith to Tre Tucker.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Got about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20about. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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