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put about
the ship put about: TURN ROUND, come about, change course.
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Nautical (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack

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put about [phrasal verb]
1 put (something) about or put about (something) Brit : to tell many people about (something)

They put about the news that he was resigning. = They put it about that he was resigning.

2 a of a boat or ship : to change direction

The ship put about and sailed back out to sea.

2 b put (something) about : to cause (a boat or ship) to change direction

a boat that can be put about quickly

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.