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gotten about

gotten 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 gotten about

What is gotten about the past participle of?
Gotten about is the past participle of get about.

Words near gotten about in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten 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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