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went about to

went about to is the simple past of go about to.

Meaning of go about to

Verb

go about to (third-person singular simple present goes about to, present participle going about to, simple past went about to, past participle gone about to)

  1. (obsolete) To endeavor to accomplish a task.

Questions about went about to

What is went about to the simple past of?
Went about to is the simple past of go about to.

Words near went about to in the dictionary

  1. went a mucker
  2. went a raker
  3. went about
  4. went about one's business
  5. went about one's day
  6. went about to
  7. went abroad
  8. went after
  9. went against
  10. went against the grain
  11. went ahead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: went about to (page history and authors); go about to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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