get about

get about
1. phr v распространиться, становиться известным

the news got about that … — распространилась новость, что …; прошёл слух, что …

get super-ripped — становиться супер-рельефным

get abroad — распространяться; распространиться

get beam to the wind — становиться лагом к ветру

he is beginning to get humanized — он становится мягче

2. phr v передвигаться

trams and buses make it easy to get about — трамваи и автобусы облегчают передвижение

3. phr v бывать в различных местах

she gets about quite a lot, working for this firm — работая в этой фирме, она много ездит

to get the low-down on — выведать всю подноготную

to get over smarts — забывать печали, преодолеть горе

shall I get you some more tea? — принести вам ещё чаю?

to get a shop — занять первое, второе или третье место

Синонимический ряд:
get around (verb) circle; circulate; fly about; get around; go about; go around; move around; spread; travel; wander

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • get about — See: GET AROUND(1b) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get about — See: GET AROUND(1b) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms get about : present tense I/you/we/they get about he/she/it gets about present participle getting about past tense got about past participle got about spoken 1) British same as get around 1) You really need… …   English dictionary

  • get about — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you get about, you go to different places and visit different people. [V P] So you re getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away? 2) PHRASAL VERB The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from… …   English dictionary

  • get about — verb move around; move from place to place (Freq. 1) How does she get around without a car? • Syn: ↑get around • Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote …   Useful english dictionary

  • get about — verb a) To be mobile, physically active. I cant get about so much since I hurt my hip. b) To become widely known (also get out). The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Janes, notwithstanding she had… …   Wiktionary

  • get about — intransitive verb Date: 1793 1. to become current ; circulate 2. to be up and about ; begin to walk < able to get about again > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • get about — he uses a wheelchair to get about Syn: move about, move around, travel …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • get\ about — See: get around(1b) …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get about —  Travel extensively …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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