Meaning: about

ə'baʊt
adj.
on the move
adv.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correctall around or on all sidesin the area or vicinityto or among many different places or in no particular directionin or to a reversed position or directionin rotation or succession(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished

know what you're doing about Idiom, Proverb

about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

crazy about

like a lot, mad about Dad's crazy about sports. He really loves baseball.

don't know the first thing about it

do not know anything about it I can't fix a transmission. I don't know the first thing about it.

go about

be busy with, start working on He has been going about his business all morning although he is feeling sick.

go on about

talk steadily, ramble, run off at the mouth """What was he saying?"" ""Oh, he was going on about taxes and the price of wheat."""

how about

will you have something or will you agree to something How about some coffee before we go to work?

how about that

that is interesting, you don't say How about that! We ran ten kilometres!

in two minds about something

undecided My niece is in two minds about whether or not she will come and visit me this summer.

just about

nearly, almost We just about fell into the lake. Our canoe nearly tipped over.

More Idioms/Phrases

junk junk food junk it junk mail junkie jury-rig just a smidgeon just a tich just about just as soon just ducky just-in-time just now just passing through just so just the same just what the doctor ordered

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