going about

VERB

undertake

Synonyms

STRONGEST

set about

WEAK

approach be employed begin devote oneself to engage in get busy with occupy oneself with tackle work at

Example Sentences

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There you are, going about your day, maybe even thinking to yourself, “Hey, I’m OK right now!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

One thinks of the citizens of Buffy’s Sunnydale, blithely going about their business, not moving away despite being located on a Hellmouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Researchers collected saliva samples from people in their villages between 2012 and 2015, while participants were going about daily life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

The government said: "Any form of abuse against someone simply going about their day-to-day work is completely unacceptable."

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Being of an open, talkative disposition, she declared that I was going about the business of living wrongly, that reading books would not help me at all.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright