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out and about

out and about adjective: traveling; out; moving; engaged in day-to-day activities requiring travel.

Adjective

out and about (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Traveling; out; moving; engaged in day-to-day activities requiring travel.
    • He carried a cellular phone so that friends could reach him when he was out and about.
    • She had been in hospital, but now she is out and about again.

Questions about out and about

What does out and about mean?
Out and about means traveling; out; moving; engaged in day-to-day activities requiring travel.
What part of speech is out and about?
Out and about is an adjective.

Words near out and about in the dictionary

  1. oustitis
  2. Ouston
  3. Oustons
  4. ousts
  5. out
  6. out and about
  7. out and away
  8. out and out
  9. out argue
  10. out argued
  11. out argues

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