if a ship puts about, or if you put it about, it turns and sails in the opposite direction
to have sex with a lot of different people
to tell a lot of people something, especially something that is not true
And I know there were Piebald scrolls put about town, claiming all sorts of wild things.
Clare’s been putting it about that I’m pregnant.
Now I understand that the concept of "better" is just an evil myth put about by fascist medical practitioners.
She was obviously surprised and a little put about: her hand went up to her hair.
`The barge was starting to put about in the little cove, the coxswain maneuvering to bring her to rest.
puts about
putting about
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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