put about
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Verb edit
put about (third-person singular simple present puts about, present participle putting about, simple past and past participle put about)
- (intransitive, nautical) To change direction.
- 1886, Herman Melville, Billy Budd:
- 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 (a rumour).
- Synonyms: circulate, spread, disseminate
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to circulate a rumor
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Adjective edit
put about (comparative more put about, superlative most put about)