get about

— Phrasal Verb with get

/get/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got, US gotten)

Definition

UK (US get around)

TRAVEL › to travel to a lot of places

MOVE › to be able to go to different places without difficulty, especially if you are old or ill

INFORMATION › If news or information gets about, a lot of people hear about it.

(Definition of get about from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If two people are thrown together, they meet each other in a way that was not planned, or events...

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