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put oneself about

put oneself about verb: to make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.

Verb

put oneself about (third-person singular simple present puts oneself about, present participle putting oneself about, simple past and past participle put oneself about)

  1. To make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.
    • Only this morning, before Stan had picked him up to go to work, Matt had yelled that she didn't put herself about enough and didn't mix with his family as much as she should.2012, Elizabeth Waite, Time Will Tell
  2. (archaic) To make a special effort; to exert oneself, or go out of one's way.
    • And Esther put herself about to amuse him, showing him photograph-books and views of various sorts, adding a question or two from time to time, to find out how much he knew, and how well he had been taught.1883, William Meynell Whittemore, Sunshine, page 18
  3. (informal) To be sexually promiscuous.
    • Marlene liked to put herself about. She had been known to bestow her favours on allied servicemen in four different war zones on the same night.2009, Neville Phillips, Smack a Trifle!: Odd Quirks in Prose and Rhyme, page 3

Synonyms of put oneself about

Forms of put oneself about

third-person singular presentputs oneself about
present participleputting oneself about
past participleput oneself about
pastput oneself about

Questions about put oneself about

What does put oneself about mean?
Put oneself about means to make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.
What part of speech is put oneself about?
Put oneself about is a verb.
What is the past tense of put oneself about?
The past tense of put oneself about is put oneself about.

Words near put oneself about in the dictionary

  1. put one's shoulder to the wheel
  2. put one's stamp
  3. put one's toe in the water
  4. put one's trousers on one leg at a time
  5. put one's whole pussy into
  6. put oneself about
  7. put oneself across
  8. put oneself in someone's place
  9. put oneself in someone's shoes
  10. put oneself out
  11. put oneself out of the way

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