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go about

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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.

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?

go about something/doing something
to do something We'd like to help but we're not sure how to go about it. How do you go about getting a visa?
Related vocabulary: go about your business


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