GET ABOUT


Meaning of GET ABOUT in English

1.

If you get about , you go to different places and visit different people.

So you’re getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away?

PHRASAL VERB : V P

2.

The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from one place to another.

She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

3.

If news gets about , it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people. ( mainly BRIT )

The story had soon got about that he had been suspended.

= get around

PHRASAL VERB : V P

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