GOT ABOUT Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got about

verb

past tense of get about

as in spread

to become known it got about that the company was having financial difficulties

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Recent Examples of got about After testimony was complete, each side got about an hour to make their closing argument to the jury. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Cherry-Prime got about 46% of the vote, while Mack got about 40%. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Fujimori garnered just over 17% of the votes while Sánchez got about 12% in a crowded field of candidates in the first round of voting in April. — ABC News, 1 June 2026 Cavanagh got about $20 million worth of company stock in March, as per usual. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of DHS, got about $86 billion. — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026 The Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn home was first put on the market in October 2025 for $7,995,000, and was later reduced to $7,300,000 in January 2026, meaning the buyers got about $1 million off the original asking price. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Bloomington got about a half-inch less. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 Former Chief Deputy Rodney Collins took about 27% of the vote, and former Detention Officer Antwain Nance got about 8%. — Ryan Oehrli march 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026

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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

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Soon afterward, the Ohio State Highway Patrol says the 20-year-old got out of his Toyota Avalon on the shoulder of Interstate 70 and stepped into westbound lanes of traffic.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of got out

Verb

Well, a new survey came out finding that in the past year more than half of Gen Z respondents have put money intended for investing in sports gambling.

— Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Wyatt came out strong with two touchdowns, including a score by Markavion Toombs, taking an early 14-0 lead.

— Jaxin Harkless, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

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