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puts it about

puts it about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put it about.

Meaning of put it about

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To disseminate, for example through gossip.
    • He put it about that she had been stealing company money.
  2. (slang) To be sexually promiscuous.
    • Didn't stop myself hissing that if Ayrs was ¹⁄₂ as good a husband as he was a manipulator and a larcenist of better men's ideas, his wife might not put it about so much.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Questions about puts it about

What is puts it about the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts it about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put it about.

Words near puts it about in the dictionary

  1. puts in writing
  2. puts into action
  3. puts into context
  4. puts into practice
  5. puts into words
  6. puts it about
  7. puts it down
  8. puts it mildly
  9. puts it past
  10. puts it to
  11. puts lie to

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