put it about

(also put yourself about) UK informal

Definition

› to have sex with a lot of different people: Have you been putting it about recently, then?Sexual activity in generalPhysical and sexual assault and abduction

(Definition of put it about from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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