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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Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
The effect is thought to occur when storms get about 900 miles apart.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In total, this year, the state housing authority got about $250 million from the federal government.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Sotheby’s shareholders got about $57 per share, a 61 percent bump in the stock price.
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
The effect is thought to occur when storms get about 900 miles apart.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
In total, this year, the state housing authority got about $250 million from the federal government.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Sotheby’s shareholders got about $57 per share, a 61 percent bump in the stock price.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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