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putting about

putting about is the present participle and gerund of put about.

Meaning of put about

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To change direction.
    • It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about.1886, Herman Melville, Billy Budd
  2. (transitive) To circulate, spread or disseminate.
    • to put about a rumour

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Questions about putting about

What is putting about the present participle and gerund of?
Putting about is the present participle and gerund of put about.

Words near putting about in the dictionary

  1. putting a slight on
  2. putting a slight upon
  3. putting a sock in it
  4. putting a spoke in someone's wheel
  5. putting a stop to
  6. putting about
  7. putting across
  8. putting ahead
  9. putting all one's eggs in one basket
  10. putting an egg in one's shoe and beating it
  11. putting an end to

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