get about

get about
1) ((of stories, rumours etc) to become well known: I don't know how the story got about that she was leaving.) difundirse, propagarse
2) (to be able to move or travel about, often of people who have been ill: She didn't get about much after her operation.) moverse, desplazarse
v + adv v + prep + o (BrE) get around I 1)
VI + ADV
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

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 or me desplazo bastante

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 or se divorciaban

I don't want it to get about — no quiero que se sepa or divulgue

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v + adv v + prep + o (BrE) get around I 1)

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