go about

verb

went about; gone about; going about; goes about

transitive verb

: to set about : to begin to do

Examples of go about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Kyiv, for example, residents used to face a few drone and missile barrages a week—disruptive, but not enough to stop city residents from going about their lives. — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

Some of the victims went missing on their routine jogs, others just went about their work. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

How did researchers go about identifying the effect of exercise versus napping? — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Late-night hosts focused their efforts on Donald Trump‘s meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping this week, which went about as well as anyone would have expected. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go about

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout