put about

Meaning

1. put sth about

   to tell a lot of people news, information, etc. that may be false

   Someone's been putting it about that you plan to resign.

In the movies · 10

• In my opinion, we should put about.The Bounty1984
• You put about eight and a half on me, blowin' my windows out. Bring it on.Smokey and the Bandit1977
• Jackson even put out feelers about buying one.Steel Magnolias1989
• Now, can you put your arm about my neck?Sense and Sensibility1995
• You will address me as sir, or I'll put a stick about your back.How Green Was My Valley1941
• He interviewed me, and he put his face about three inches away from my face, says,Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018
• This girl writes that the worst stories of all are being put about by a fellow called Kaunitz, who says he saw with his own eyes British soldiers kill 250 women and children at Jordaan Siding in order to save feeding them.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• - What is she talking about ? - Put a lid on it. I'm begging you.What Women Want2000

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner

From the same entry

• put it about
• I wouldn't put it past
• put it to that
• put one over on
• put through it
• put together
• put up or shut up
• put above
• put yourself across
• put aside
• put at
• put away