go about

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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

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]

Example Sentences

There was a swagger about the way India went about setting a total against the defending champions.

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At Eugene Field Grammar School in Chicago, we had regular air-raid drills, and I remember going about the playground there singing:

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“I kind of admire the way he’s going about it because it’s so shameless,” Carlsen said on the Take Take Take podcast.

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So in the window between Wimbledon and the North American hard-court season, Alcaraz and his team went about reworking his game not just for the U.S.

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He’s not very good at it and is roundly ignored by people going about their lives.

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Related Words

• set about