单词 | get about |
释义 | get aboutget aroundSEE SYNONYMS FOR get about ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, adverb)to move around, as when recovering from an illness to be socially active (of news, rumour, etc) to become known; spread Words nearby get aboutGesualdo, gesundheit, get, geta, get a bang out of, get about, get a break, get a charge, get across, get a dirty look, get a dose of one's own medicine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with get aboutget about Also get around. Move around, be active, especially after an illness. For example, At 85 Jean still gets around very well, or Arthritis makes it hard for him to get about. [Mid-1800s] Become known, circulate, as in The news of her engagement got about very quickly. [Early 1800s] Also see get around, def. 4. Be socially active, as in After her husband died, she didn't get about much for a year. Also see get around, def. 3 and 4. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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