get about
verb1
Informal To be mobile, physically active.
- I can't get about so much since I hurt my hip.
- The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days.[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
2
Informal To become widely known; to be leaked to the public or a wider audience.
- If this story gets about then I'm finished.
3
Informal To visit a variety of different places.
- That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.