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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it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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Some voted for a third-party candidate for Senate (the two non-major party candidates, Phil Anderson and Thomas Leaguer, combined to get about 71,000 votes — 2% of the total).
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Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
The other Senate Republicans in swing states got about 96% of Trump’s total.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
What that means is investors who are not paying AMT but are buying AMT bonds in the 10- to 12-year space are getting about 50 to 55 extra basis points of yield, the MOrgan Stanley analyst explained.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
France today gets about 35% of GDP in tax revenue from VAT and Payroll taxes alone, compared to US Federal Tax revenue (from all sources) of about 18% of GDP.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
The other Senate Republicans in swing states got about 96% of Trump’s total.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
What that means is investors who are not paying AMT but are buying AMT bonds in the 10- to 12-year space are getting about 50 to 55 extra basis points of yield, the MOrgan Stanley analyst explained.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
France today gets about 35% of GDP in tax revenue from VAT and Payroll taxes alone, compared to US Federal Tax revenue (from all sources) of about 18% of GDP.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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