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Phrase(s): go about something
to approach the doing of something in a particular way. • How should I go about researching this topic? • Would you tell me how to go about it?, Phrase(s): go about [and] go around
1. [for a rumor] to go from person to person. • What is this story about you that I hear going about? • There was a nasty rumor about Gerald going around. 2. [for a disease] to spread. • There is a lot of this flu going about these days. • There is a bad cough going around. 3. Go to go around someone or something.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. 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] 2. Set about, undertake, as in I'm not sure how to go about making a pie. [Late 1600s] 3. 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]
American Heritage Idioms