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go about

Verb

Meaning

begin to deal with

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go-about

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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage. William Hazlitt

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. Charles A. Beard

The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time. Henry Ford

He whose clothes are too fine, shall go about in rags. Mauritania Proverb

He who wears too fine clothes, shall go about in rags. Mauritania Proverb

Better go about than be drowned. Spanish Proverb

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