Daily life

be out and about

be outside doing things

If people are out and about, they are outside visiting places and doing different activities.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

How's your grandfather now?

Much better - he's out and about again.

Play the conversation

It was lovely to see everyone out and about in the town centre.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She's out and about from the house today.

Say: She's out and about today.

Use "out and about" on its own when you mean that someone is moving around outside, not "from the house."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be out and about; get out and about

Your turn: say it out loud

It was lovely to see everyone out and about in the town centre.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be out and about

be outside doing things

“It was lovely to see everyone out and about in the town centre.”

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