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   gadabout
         n 1: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

English Dictionary: go to bed by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get about
v
  1. move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"
    Synonym(s): get around, get about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get off the ground
v
  1. get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
    Synonym(s): get off the ground, take off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get the better of
v
  1. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
    Synonym(s): get the better of, overcome, defeat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go to bed
v
  1. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
    Synonym(s): go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire
    Antonym(s): arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go to pot
v
  1. become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy soured"
    Synonym(s): go to pot, go to the dogs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
godfather
n
  1. any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism
  2. someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good afternoon
n
  1. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good afternoon, afternoon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
good faith
n
  1. having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
    Synonym(s): good faith, straightness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gadabout \Gad"a*bout`\, n.
      A gadder [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godfather \God"fa`ther\, v. t.
      To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
      [R.] --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Godfather \God"fa`ther\, n. [AS. godf[91]der. Cf. {Gossip}.]
      A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes
      himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.
  
               There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized,
               when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother;
               and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers;
               and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is
               desired.                                                --Book of
                                                                              Common Prayer
                                                                              (Prot. Episc.
                                                                              Ch., U. S. ).
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