go about

British  

verb

1. (adverb) to move from place to place

2. (preposition) to busy oneself with

   to go about one's duties

3. (preposition) to tackle (a problem or task)

4. (preposition) to be actively and constantly engaged in (doing something)

   he went about doing good

5. to circulate (in)

   there's a lot of flu going about

6. (adverb) (of a sailing ship) to change from one tack to another

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go about Idioms  

1. Also, go around . Move here and there, to and fro; also, circulate. For example, She's been going about telling everyone the news , or A report went around that the dollar was dropping . [c. 1300]

2. Set about, undertake, as in I'm not sure how to go about making a pie . [Late 1600s]

3. go about one's business . Proceed with one's own proper occupation or concern. For example, Don't bother with that—just go about your business . [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Cuenca is just steady and goes about his business, but he's always in control, never out of position - and again against Brighton.

From BBC

How SpaceX would go about prioritizing Tesla shareholders is unclear, although Musk has repeatedly said he would like to do so.

From MarketWatch

“But how you go about fixing this is hard to imagine.”

From MarketWatch

That is a really important thing to distinguish because they both wanted to win - they just had different ways of going about it.

From BBC

It speaks to the way volunteers have had to methodically go about preserving the material, and symbolises her own slow processing of the attack.

From BBC

Related Words

• set about