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
Examples of get about in a Sentence
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
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The Virginia Beach area got about 10 inches of snowfall overnight, NBC affiliate WAVY-TV of Portsmouth reported.
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Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
According to Spotify data shared with Rolling Stone, Dylan’s songs got about one million streams per day a year ago; thanks to the movie, that number is now closer to 4 million.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Macfarlane predicted McCall would get about 13 inches of snow and Brundage Mountain about 20 inches.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
According to Spotify data shared with Rolling Stone, Dylan’s songs got about one million streams per day a year ago; thanks to the movie, that number is now closer to 4 million.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
Macfarlane predicted McCall would get about 13 inches of snow and Brundage Mountain about 20 inches.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2025
Here, there’s a running joke in which no one in Montreal knows anything about the rest of the country — that gag is as pointed as Rankin gets about real-world politics.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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