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gets about

gets about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get about.

Meaning of get about

Verb

get about (third-person singular simple present gets about, present participle getting about, simple past got about, past participle (UK) got about or (US) gotten about)

  1. (informal) To be mobile, physically active.
    • I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip.
  2. (informal) To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.
    • If this story gets about then I'm finished.
    Synonyms:
    get out
  3. (informal) To visit a variety of different places.
    • That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.

Questions about gets about

What is gets about the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get about.

Words near gets about in the dictionary

  1. gets a wiggle on
  2. gets a word in
  3. gets a word in edgeways
  4. gets a word in edgewise
  5. gets a wriggle on
  6. gets about
  7. gets above oneself
  8. gets across
  9. gets across the line
  10. gets action
  11. gets after

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gets about (page history and authors); get 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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