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Definition of Go about
1. Verb. Begin to deal with. "Approach a new project"
Specialized synonyms: Confront, Face, Face Up
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Approach
Definition of Go about
1. Verb. (intransitive) To busy oneself with. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To tackle (a problem or task). ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To circulate (''in''). ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive of a sailing ship) To change from one tack to another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Go About
Literary usage of Go about
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"distemper upon them ; arid who., by having an uninterrupted liberty to go about,
but being obliged still to conceal their circumstances, or, perhaps, ..."
2. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"At night, in standing to the northward, a good rule is to go about when on a line
between Bartlett Reef and Cornfield Point light-vessels. ..."
3. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"We do not directly go about the execution of the purpose that thrills us, but
shut our doors behind us and ramble with prepared mind, as if the half were ..."
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