get about

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get about
verbo intransitivo
1moverse (person); difundirse, trascender (news, rumor)

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get about [guet]
(a) V. To get abroad. (b) Poder moverse de un punto a otro, como lo hace un convaleciente.

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get about
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 [+invalid] (walk) caminar; (move around) moverse
he gets about with a stick/on crutches camina con un bastón/con muletas; she's quite frail and can't get about very much está muy delicada y no puede moverse mucho
you are young enough to get about and do things that I no longer can she can't get about very much and relies on meals on wheels Walking on crutches is not a gift, but an art and you will have to put in quite a little time before you get about satisfactorily He had some sight and could get about She was able to get about with great difficulty
2 (travel) viajar
the sort of work I do means I get about a fair bit el tipo de trabajo que hago significa que viajo me desplazo bastante;or
3 (go out) (socially) salir
4 (circulate) [+rumour] correr; [+story] saberse; divulgarse
it soon got about that they were getting divorced al poco tiempo corrió el rumor de que se iban a divorciar se divorciaban;or I don't want it to get about no quiero que se sepa divulgue;or
that's the sort of news that we don't want to get about if it gets about that they're planning redundancies there's bound to be a strike

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