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get about

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GET ABOUT

to become known <it got about that the company was having financial difficulties>

Synonyms break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spread

Related Words develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tell

Near Antonyms hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete

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