getabout (third-person singular simple presentgets about,present participlegetting about,simple pastgot about,past participle(UK)got aboutor(US)gotten about)
- (informal) To be mobile, physically active.
I can'tget about so much since I hurt my hip.
[1898],J[ohn] Meade Falkner,Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.:Jonathan Cape, published1934,→OCLC:The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able toget about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days.
- (informal) To become widely known; to beleaked to the public or a wider audience.
- Synonym:get out
If this storygets about then I'm finished.
- (informal) To visit a variety of different places.
That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainlygets about.
