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goes about

goes about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go about.

Meaning of go about

Verb

go about (third-person singular simple present goes about, present participle going about, simple past went about, past participle gone about)

  1. (transitive) To busy oneself with.
    • The workers went about their business as Zelensky looked around. One man at the wheel of a forklift seemed annoyed when the presidential entourage got in his way, and the machine beeped loudly as we tried to maneuver around him.December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023
  2. (intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task).
    • A marvellous witty fellow, I assure you; but I will go about with him.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (intransitive) To circulate (in).
    Synonyms:
    shrithe
  4. (intransitive) To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver).
    • [I]t was commonly said that two masts, a bowsprit and a swivel gun would have transformed our dwelling into a line-of-battle ship; indeed, so seaman-like was our architect, that we feared when once we had taken possession of our new house, we might be disturbed during the night by an order being...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112

Questions about goes about

What is goes about the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go about.

Words near goes about in the dictionary

  1. goes
  2. goes a cropper
  3. goes a long way
  4. goes a mucker
  5. goes a raker
  6. goes about
  7. goes about one's business
  8. goes about one's day
  9. goes about to
  10. goes abroad
  11. goes after

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