Meaning of get about | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be mobile, physically active.
   informal
2. To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.
   informal
3. To visit a variety of different places.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“If this story gets about then I'm finished.”

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

CEFR level