put about

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put about

verb puts about · putting about · put about

intransitive To change direction. It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about.
transitive To circulate, spread or disseminate. to put about a rumour

adjective more put about · most put about

dated disturbed; upset I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.

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verb to circulate a rumor

Italiano	mettere in giro

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@misc{put_about_2026,
  title = {put about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}