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Meanings of get about in English

Move around; move from place to place.

Usage of get about in English
1
The state is easy to get about with a good road system.
The Irish Times
2
What had the healers given him to help him get about today?
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
3
Waywire is to get about 35 hours per day of video content.
Ebony
4
Set him out of your thoughts and get about your work, girl!
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
5
Just everyday clothes that we need to get about in the arcology.
The Naked God
6
Anyhow the snow was melting, and you could get about the paths.
Old Peter's Russian Tales
7
The investments and the grandchildren get about 10 percent of that time.
A big little life
8
However, the thing did get about and was pretty well talked over.
A Yankee in the Trenches
9
Don't be surprised if you and I get about a week's notice.
Strong, sleek and sinful
10
Philip found himself weak the next day, but able to get about.
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
11
No doubt he'll get about his business in a day or two.
The Torch and Other Tales
12
He thought he should get about forty-five bushels per acre this year.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
13
As it is, I hope that you will soon get about again.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
14
I think he's able to get about, in spite of that leg.
The Time Traders
15
To be a man about town, you have to get about town.
The new yorker
16
We could not get about, for there was not a breath stirring.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
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Get about through the time
Get about across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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