out and about
Moving through town
Out and about means actively moving around in public rather than staying home.
Someone who is out and about is running errands, socializing, or simply not confined indoors: I'll be out and about all morning if you need to reach me.
The phrase often signals recovered mobility after illness or injury: It's good to see you out and about again.
- exploringTraveling to learn firsthand
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
- venturingTaking a risk
- outdoorsIn open air
mobile · crowd · gallivanting · socializing · wander · gadabout · circulating · people watching · market · town square · itinerant · excursion · running errands · active · strolling · independence · nomadic · lively
out and abouthomebound
Confined to one's residence
housebound · stuck at home · indoors · cooped up · shut in
out and aboutbedridden
Unable to leave mattress
laid up · incapacitated · down for the count · out of commission · under the weather
out and aboutreclusive
Seeking isolation from others
isolated · withdrawn · holed up · cloistered · antisocial
about, outside, outing, output, roundabout, outward, whereabouts, outs, outed