go about phrasal verb ( see also ↑ go )
1 . go about something to start to do something:
I want to learn German but I don’t know the best way to go about it.
go about doing something
The leaflet tells you how to go about making a will.
2 . go about something to do something in the way that you usually do:
The villagers were going about their business as usual.
She went about her preparations in a quiet businesslike way.
3 . British English if a ship goes about, it turns to go in the opposite direction