Sekirov Dictionary

put about

verb 2
adjective 1
forms 4

verb2

•
To change direction.
- It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about. — 1886
•
To circulate, spread or disseminate.
- We are out to make big money this time and Bronsky will be useful. He can give us facilities for getting the stuff away and for putting it about on a scale that no one else could offer. — 1934

adjective1

•
(old-fashioned) disturbed; upset
- I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited. — 1878

forms

putting about · puts about · more put about · most put about

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