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putting it about

putting it about is the present participle and gerund 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 putting it about

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

Words near putting it about in the dictionary

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

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