put about
verb
Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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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 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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Moby thesaurus: about ship, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about, discommode, disoblige, double a point, fetch about, go about, gybe, heave round, heel, incommode, jibe, jibe all standing, miss stays, pivot, pivot about, ply, put back, put out, round, round a point, sheer, shift, slew, spin, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swivel, tack, throw about, trouble, turn, turn about, turn around, turn back, turn round, turn tail, veer, veer around, wear, wear ship, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind, yaw ... show more.
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