get about
verb
got about; got about or gotten about; getting about; gets about
1
: to become current : circulate
2
: to be up and about : begin to walk
able to get about again
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Examples of get about in a Sentence
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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With this preamble, people on average get about two questions out of three correct.
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Getting through by phone The report said the IRS usually gets about 100 million calls a year.
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Max Golembo, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
The Animal Care Center got about $65,000 in donations during its Hope for the Holidays campaign, which launched about a week before Thanksgiving.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
With this preamble, people on average get about two questions out of three correct.
—Philip Maymin, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Getting through by phone The report said the IRS usually gets about 100 million calls a year.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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