go about

go about
go about & go around
1. [for a rumor] to go from person to person. •

What is this story about you that I hear going about?

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There was a nasty rumor about Gerald going around.

2. [for a disease] to spread. •

There is a lot of this flu going about these days.

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There is a bad cough going around.

3. Go to go around someone or something.
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{v.} 1. To be busy with; keep busy at or working on; start working on; do. * /Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight./ * /Just go about your business and don't keep looking out of the window./ * /How will you go about building the bird house?/ Syn.: GO AT(2). 2a. To move from one place or person to another. * /Some people go about telling untrue stories./ 2b. To go together. - Usually used with "with". * /Mother doesn't want me to go about with Jane and her friends any more./ Syn.: GO AROUND(1b).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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