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got about

got about is the simple past of get about.

got about is the past participle 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 got about

What is got about the simple past of?
Got about is the simple past of get about.

Words near got about in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got 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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