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went 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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They went about it in a different way, though.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The cricket was short and sharp, very tricky, heavily favoured to the bowlers, but today we went about it exactly the right way.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

And when Gabriel suffered a concussion, it was suddenly Sanders’s offense—and it went about as horribly as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

She just went about it differently than most — she trained as a healthcare professional first.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

The cocoon didn’t move for two whole weeks while Petey went about the slow, magical business of rearranging his parts in his sleep.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly