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getting about

getting about is the present participle and gerund 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 getting about

What is getting about the present participle and gerund of?
Getting about is the present participle and gerund of get about.

Words near getting about in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: getting 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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