get about
verb
got about; got about or gotten about; getting about; gets about
intransitive verb
1
: to become current : circulate
2
: to be up and about : begin to walk
able to get about again
Synonyms
- break
- circulate
- come out
- get around
- get out
- get round
- leak (out)
- out
- spread
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Example Sentences
it got about that the company was having financial difficulties
Word History
First Known Use
1740, in the meaning defined at sense 1
getting about
verb
as in spreading
to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- spreading
- circulating
- getting out
- coming out
- getting around
- getting round
- leaking (out)
- outing
- unfolding
- breaking
- telling
- revealing
- developing
- disclosing
- transpiring
- spilling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hushing (up)
- suppressing
- hiding
- masking
- concealing
- disguising
- secreting