get about

Definitions

1. 1

   To be mobile, physically active.

   • I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip.
   • The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days.
2. 2

   To become widely known

   To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.

   • If this story gets about then I'm finished.
3. 3

   To visit a variety of different places.

   • That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.

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