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Put about
put about
If you put something about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well-known. (The forms put around and put round are also used in British English. mainly BRIT) Moderates are putting it about that people shouldn’t take the things said at the Republican Convention too seriously... The King had been putting about lurid rumours for months. PHRASAL VERB: V it P that, V P n (not pron), also V n P
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verb Date: 1748 intransitive verb of a ship to change direction ; go on another tack transitive verb to cause to change course or direction ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1. распространять, делать широко известным to put about a rumour —- распространить (пустить) слух 2. пускать в обращение 3. менять направление; поворачивать 4. поворачиваться 5. мор. делать поворот; лечь на другой галс 6. шотл. беспокоить, волновать; сердить he was much put about by the report of his friend's death —- известие о смерти друга вывело его из колеи ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{v. phr.} - Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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