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 Worx should get about 10 minutes on the high-speed setting and about 25 minutes on the low-speed setting.
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 19 Apr. 2025
The goal is to get about 300 tests completed and input into JAARS to be analyzed and weighed among other evaluations.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Meister can often immediately identify on an MRI that a pitcher throws a sweeper—a hard slider that the pitcher whips to get about fifteen inches of horizontal movement from the ball.
—Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
The highest of the highs might get about four-tenths of an inch.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Nena Farrell, Wired News, 19 Apr. 2025
The goal is to get about 300 tests completed and input into JAARS to be analyzed and weighed among other evaluations.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Meister can often immediately identify on an MRI that a pitcher throws a sweeper—a hard slider that the pitcher whips to get about fifteen inches of horizontal movement from the ball.
—Lindsey Adler, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
The highest of the highs might get about four-tenths of an inch.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20about. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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