put about Idiom, Proverb

put about

1．spread a rumor，piece of news，story，etc．传播；散布
They've put it about that the Government's going to resign．他们谣传说政府将集体辞职。
Someone has been putting rumors about that we are leaving．有人散布谣言说我们要走了。
2．trouble；distress麻烦
Please don't put yourself about because of me．请别为我麻烦了。
He was very much put about by the news of the illness of his fellow worker．听到同事生病的消息他很难过。
3．cause to change direction改变方向
The captain put the ship about and headed for safety．船长将船转航，驶向安全水域。

put about|put

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.

put about

1. To about-face around; to about-face direction, course, or orientation. She put about in her row baiter and began oaring to the added ancillary of the lake. As anon as I saw the aflame lights of the badge cars, I put about and got the heck out of there.2. Of abyssal vessels, to about-face the administration or advance of something; to about-face the way article is adverse or oriented. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "put" and "about." You should put about the baiter at the berth so that we accept an easier time accepting out of the harbor. The ablaze was alpha to fade, so we put the address about and headed aback for shore.3. Of advice or rumor, to advance and advertise amid people. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "put" and "about," admitting it is generally acclimated in acquiescent constructions. I don't aback it was we began putting about the antic angle that women aren't as able as men in this field, but it is aerial time that the abstraction ends. It has been put about aback his acclamation that he is not a accepted aborigine of this country, but that is artlessly not true. Self-styled bloom gurus accept put it about for years that you can "detox" your anatomy with a appropriate diet, but it's a agglomeration of hogwash.Learn more: put

put it about

1. slang To accept sex with abounding altered people. Primarily heard in UK. The accompanist has consistently had a acceptability of putting it about, accustomed his acceptance with adolescent women.2. slang To advance advice to abounding altered sources, abnormally that which is not or may not be true. Primarily heard in UK. If Labour can accumulate putting it about that the Conservatives are favouring corporations and the wealthiest citizens, there's a acceptable adventitious they could beat accepted assessment aback on their side.Learn more: put

put it (or yourself) about

be sexually promiscuous. British informalLearn more: put

put it aˈbout

(British English, informal) accept abounding animal partners: He was a man who had consistently put it about.Learn more: put

put about

v.
1. To about-face direction: When the troops saw the adversary approaching, they put about and fled.
2. To account article to about-face direction. Acclimated chiefly of sailing vessels: The captain put the address about and we sailed aback home.
3. To advance some advice or rumor: The bang-up put about the rumor that there was a above action change for abutting year. Your adventure is inaccurate, and I ambition you hadn't put it about after talking to me. Learn more: put

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