go about
English
Verb
go about (third-person singular simple present goes about, present participle going about, simple past went about, past participle gone about)
- (transitive) To busy oneself with.
- (intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task).
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- A marvellous witty fellow, I assure you; but I will go about with him.
- (intransitive) To circulate (in).
- (intransitive, of a sailing ship) To change from one tack to another. See Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver).
Synonyms
- (to roam, wander, circulate): shrithe
Translations
to busy oneself with
to tackle
to circulate (in)
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to change from one tack to another
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References
- “go about”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.