Go about In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "go about", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-11-20 09:11

Meaning of Go about

Go about phrasal verb informal

To go around a place or area.

I like to go about the country.

To circulate news, rumors, etc.

A rumor is going about that there is a specific drug for malaria.

To spread diseases.

Dangerous infectious diseases are going about after the flood.

To begin and carry out some task.

She is really going about her new job.

To put on a particular outfit in public.

John usually goes about in crocodile leather shoes to his office.

Other phrases about:

set off (for some place)

To leave a place, especially to start a journey

see the world

Travel extensively and acquire a diverse range of experiences 

haul ass (out of something or some place)

1. To move or depart from some place in a very quick or hurried manner

2. To leave something or some place very lazily or reluctantly

to spread like wildfire

To swiftly and widely disseminate, circulate, or propagate.

give (one) itchy feet

To intensely feel like traveling to somewhere or moving here and there.

Grammar and Usage of Go about

Verb Forms

  • goes about
  • going about
  • went about
  • to go about

The verb "go" should be conjugated according to its tense.

 

 

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men make houses women make homes

Men are normally responsible for building the house, while women decorate that house to make it become a home.

Example:

A: I built this house; meanwhile, my wife was in charge of designing its interior and exterior.
B: It is true that men make houses, women make homes.

 

 

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