From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishget about phrasal verb British English1 TRAVELto go or travel to different places She’s 80 now, and doesn’t get about much anymore. He’s got an old van which he uses for getting about.2 SPREADif news or information gets about, it is told to a lot of people I don’t really want this to get about. → get→ See Verb table
