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gave about

gave about is the simple past of give about.

Meaning of give about

Verb

give about (third-person singular simple present gives about, present participle giving about, simple past gave about, past participle given about)

  1. to distribute or circulate something
  2. to spread a rumour
  3. (obsolete) to encompass or surround something

Questions about gave about

What is gave about the simple past of?
Gave about is the simple past of give about.

Words near gave about in the dictionary

  1. gave a rip
  2. gave a shit
  3. gave a shite
  4. gave a sneck posset
  5. gave a tin shit
  6. gave about
  7. gave against
  8. gave an inch
  9. gave as good as one got
  10. gave away
  11. gave away the farm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave about (page history and authors); give about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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