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Verb
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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Adjective
put about (comparative more put about, superlative most put about)
- (dated) disturbed; upset
1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith, page 124:I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.