To go about Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. "They went about to slay him." Acts ix. 29.
    They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. Swift.
    (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.

Webster 1913