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go 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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"British Jews must be free to go about their lives without fear - whether taking their children to nursery or attending synagogue. We do not want to live behind ever higher walls," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"Pakistan has realized that hedging is the best way to go about in regional diplomacy," said Siddiqi.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

How does one go about helping a very elderly man who has only me as his next of kin?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Pretending to restore the coal zone to the employment conditions of the1950s, or even the 1980s, isn’t an honest way to go about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

But if Jen could go about freely, it didn’t make sense.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix