get about

verb

Definition of get aboutnext
as in to spread
to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of get about The two were the top finishers in the three-candidate August primary, with Peña getting about 47% and Moore about 29% of the vote. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The rest of the islands were forecast to get about 1 to 3 inches with 6 inches at most and could see isolated flooding. — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2026 Though only about 1,900 signatures are needed, volunteers are aiming to get about 2,500. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Physical activity Teens should get about 60 minutes of physical activity most days. — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get about
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get about
  1. spread
  2. circulate
  3. get out
  4. get around
  5. come out
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  • That’s $280 billion from firms like Singapore’s Bitdeer, Australia’s Graphinex, Belgium’s UCB, South Korea’s Korea Zinc, and Japan’s Isuzu Motors, spread across more than 345 projects.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company’s new Aura software measures hive health, pollen counts, and pesticide prevalence across its 2,200 hives spread around more than 70 cities.
    — Drew Robb, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of spread
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  • From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The utility recommends setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, closing curtains during peak sun hours and using fans to circulate the air.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of circulate
Verb
  • Speakers urge early votes A series of speakers on stage pushed a message to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections in November.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Over the next five years, with the loss of conference championship games, the network would pay for those leagues to get out of marketing agreements, along with the revenue generated from those same conference title weekends.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of get out
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  • When news got around that a new movie version of Sense and Sensibility was in the works, cries of dismay rang forth from Bath to Brooklyn.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Tax-aware long-short strategies get around this by adding leverage on both the long and short side of an existing portfolio, with the investor buying more positions and increasing the number of potential losses to harvest.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of get around
Verb
  • Mann outlined the concept for the new show, which is coming out in the next couple of months.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid held his weekly Zoom news conference Monday, providing several updates as the team resumes football activities coming out of its bye week.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of come out

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