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went 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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The cricket was short and sharp, very tricky, heavily favoured to the bowlers, but today we went about it exactly the right way.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

It went about as well as one might expect.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

Seats in the center’s concert hall went about a third unfilled in the NSO’s first subscription concert of the season Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

"Gurvinder Johal's sudden death as he went about his everyday business left a family in mourning and a community in shock," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

She spent long hours out in the country by herself, spoke little, withdrew completely into herself and went about her tasks with a chill hopelessness that daunted me.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya