- get about
he uses a wheelchair to get about
Syn:move about, move around, travel
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get about — See: GET AROUND(1b) … Dictionary of American idioms
get about — See: GET AROUND(1b) … Dictionary of American idioms
get about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms get about : present tense I/you/we/they get about he/she/it gets about present participle getting about past tense got about past participle got about spoken 1) British same as get around 1) You really need… … English dictionary
get about — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you get about, you go to different places and visit different people. [V P] So you re getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away? 2) PHRASAL VERB The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from… … English dictionary
get about — verb move around; move from place to place (Freq. 1) How does she get around without a car? • Syn: ↑get around • Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote … Useful english dictionary
get about — verb a) To be mobile, physically active. I cant get about so much since I hurt my hip. b) To become widely known (also get out). The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Janes, notwithstanding she had… … Wiktionary
get about — intransitive verb Date: 1793 1. to become current ; circulate 2. to be up and about ; begin to walk < able to get about again > … New Collegiate Dictionary
get\ about — See: get around(1b) … Словарь американских идиом
get about — Travel extensively … A concise dictionary of English slang
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
