1797 M. Robinson IV. xc. 280 News arrived from Bath that I was down of a fever with little hopes of getting about again.
1856 J. Ruskin IV. 26 That extraordinary road, and its goings on, and gettings about.
1940 P. White 12 Sept. (1994) ii. 33 And there is no means of getting about—no buses or taxis—, if one ventures out.
2005 Jan. (Austral. Life Suppl.) 28/3 Cycling, walking or catching the bus are the prime means of getting about.