go about
verb
1 go about
Begin to deal with:
— Go about a difficult problem.
synonyms: approach, set about.
Roget 531:
publish;
make public,
make known
etc.
(information)
527;
speak of,
talk of;
broach,
utter;
put forward;
circulate,
propagate,
promulgate;
spread,
spread abroad;
rumor,
diffuse,
disseminate,
evulugate;
put forth,
give forth,
send forth;
emit,
edit,
get out;
issue;
bring before the public,
lay before the public,
drag before the public;
give out,
give to the world;
put about,
bandy about,
hawk about,
buzz about,
whisper about,
bruit about,
blaze about;
drag into the open day;
voice.
proclaim,
herald,
blazon;
blaze abroad,
noise abroad;
sound a trumpet;
trumpet forth,
thunder forth;
give tongue;
announce with beat of drum,
announce with flourish of trumpets;
proclaim from the housetops,
proclaim at Charing Cross.
advertise,
placard;
post,
post up afficher†,
publish in the Gazette,
send round the crier.
raise a cry,
raise a hue and cry,
raise a report;
set news afloat.
be published
&c.;
be public,
become public
etc.
adj.;
come out;
go about,
fly about,
buzz about,
blow about;
get about,
get abroad,
get afloat,
get wind;
find vent;
see the light;
go forth,
take air,
acquire currency,
pass current;
go the rounds,
go the round of the newspapers,
go through the length and breadth of the land;
virum volitare per ora [Lat.];
pass from mouth to mouth;
spread;
run like wildfire,
spread like wildfire.
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Roget 676:
undertake;
engage in,
embark in;
launch into,
plunge into;
volunteer;
apprentice oneself to;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768;
contract
etc.
769;
take upon oneself,
take upon one's shoulders;
devote oneself to
etc.
(determination)
604.
take up,
take in hand;
tackle;
set about,
go about;
set to,
fall to,
set to work;
launch forth;
set up shop;
put in hand,
put in execution;
set forward;
break the neck of a business,
be in,
for;
put one's hand to,
put one's foot in;
betake oneself to,
turn one's hand to,
go to do;
begin one's
etc.
66;
broach one's,
institute one's
etc.
(originate)
153;
put one's hand to the plow,
lay one's hand to the plow,
put one's shoulder to the wheel.
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
have many irons in the fire
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Roget 311:
turn,
bend,
wheel;
go about,
put about;
heel;
go round to the right about,
turn round to the right about;
turn on one's heel;
make a circle,
make a complete circle,
describe a circle,
describe a complete circle;
go through 180 degrees,
go through 360 degrees,
pass through 180 degrees,
pass through 360 degrees.
circumnavigate,
circumambulate,
circumvent;
put a girdle round about the earth"
[M.N.D.];
go the round,
make the round of.
wind,
circulate,
meander;
whisk,
twirl;
twist
etc.
(convolution)
248;
make a detour
etc.
(circuit)
629.
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Roget 218:
be inverted
&c.;
turn round,
turn about,
turn to the right about,
go round,
go about,
go to the right about,
wheel round,
wheel about,
wheel to the right about;
turn over,
go over,
tilt over,
topple over;
capsize,
turn turtle.
invert,
subvert,
retrovert†,
introvert;
reverse;
up turn,
over turn,
up set,
over set;
turn topsy turvy
etc.
adj.;
culbuter†;
transpose,
put the cart before the horse,
turn the tables.
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Dutch: rondlopen, aanpakken, de ronde doen, rondgaan, benaderen
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