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 Anthropic — which gets about 80% of its $30 billion run-rate from enterprise use — saw inference margins climb from 38% to over 70% during 2026 due to the popularity of Claude Code, according to SemiAnalysis. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 And in the three years since Arkansas began allowing students to get about $7,000 annually toward tuition, about 120 new private schools opened. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 Lopez received a settlement check for approximately $11,500, according to Rahmani, while Diaz got about $10,000. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 During the summer, the organization gets about 30 to 35 students for its summer tutoring program, which is scheduled to start on July 1. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 June 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
Verb
  • The squadron has 196 workers spread across five geographically separate units.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The seed can be spread using a walk-behind or hand-cranked spreader.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Pheromone-maxxing has been making recent headlines, but the concept has circulated online since at least 2024.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Direct-to-chip cooling solves this problem by circulating liquid through cold plates mounted on processors and other heat-producing components.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of circulate
Verb
  • In the top of the sixth with the Mets up 1-0 and the bases loaded, Lavender was brought in to get out of a jam for right-hander Christian Scott.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect initially refused to get out of the car but was later detained.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • To try to get around this rule, one organization is hosting matchmaking events for people with the same surname.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of get around
Verb
  • The CameraJet came out on top on every metric—but the comparison seems a bit like putting a mortar and pestle up against a VitaMix.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To him, Leah had gone down a TikTok rabbit hole and never come out.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of come out

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“Get about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20about. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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