puts about

verb

present tense third-person singular of put about
as in comes about

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puts about
  1. comes about
  2. turns back
  3. comes round
  4. sets out
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  • Related The news comes about eight months after the Descendants star and Måneskin frontman announced their engagement on Instagram.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The incident comes about a year after a teenager died in rural Iowa, after he was shot by a fellow hunter who apparently mistook him for a squirrel.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of comes about
Verb
  • Those talks have since stalled as Tehran focuses on negotiating the future of the Strait of Hormuz and Washington turns back to diplomacy.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The opening holes may not immediately reveal what awaits, but that changes quickly as the course turns back on itself and descends into a stunning, secluded valley that eventually opens toward the coastline.
    — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of turns back
Verb
  • But when opening night comes round, Duse realizes that her daughter will be in the audience.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of comes round
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  • From there, the ship sets out for another sea day before a port day in Casablanca, Morocco.
    — Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Looking for a challenge, a Danish journalist sets out to chronicle 64 species of lepidoptera in her country over a single year.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of sets out
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“Puts about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20about. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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