get about

verb

got about; got about or gotten about; getting about; gets about

intransitive verb

1

: to become current : circulate

2

: to be up and about : begin to walk

able to get about again

Synonyms

• break
• circulate
• come out
• get around
• get out
• get round
• leak (out)
• out
• spread

Examples of get about in a Sentence

it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

Recent Examples on the Web

Some voted for a third-party candidate for Senate (the two non-major party candidates, Phil Anderson and Thomas Leaguer, combined to get about 71,000 votes — 2% of the total). —Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024

The other Senate Republicans in swing states got about 96% of Trump’s total. —Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024

What that means is investors who are not paying AMT but are buying AMT bonds in the 10- to 12-year space are getting about 50 to 55 extra basis points of yield, the MOrgan Stanley analyst explained. —Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024

France today gets about 35% of GDP in tax revenue from VAT and Payroll taxes alone, compared to US Federal Tax revenue (from all sources) of about 18% of GDP. —Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1