I. phrasal
: to busy oneself with : take upon oneself : set about : undertake
the committee went about its assignment in a serious manner — Harold Zink
II. intransitive verb
1.
a. : to pass from one place to another : go here and there
went about with a gang of people I don't care about — Dorothy Sayers
b. : to have currency : circulate
there's not that kind of money going about now — George Macbean
2. : tack
in … sailing there are two ways of going about — a right way and a wrong way — Peter Heaton