About
//əˈbaʊt//
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Adverb
Adjective
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Adjective
The word "about" can be used as adverb, preposition, adverb, adjective, verb and adjective.
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I don't know about that I don't want to talk about it a man about a dog a man about a horse about east about face about me about one's ears about one's person about page about ship about sledge about that life about time about turn about-face about-sledge about-turn aboutness along about around about arse about arse about face arse about tit ask me one about sport balls about bally about bandy about bang about bash about bat about be about be all about beat about beat about the bush bonce about boss about brace about bring about bucket about bugger about buggerise about buzz about cast about clown about come about cut about dart about dick about discuss about don't even think about it doss about eastabout facts don't care about your feelings faff about fall about fall about the place fanny about fart about ferret about fetch about fiddle about flail about fluff about fool about footle about forget about forget about it fuck about futt about gentleman about town get about give about give someone something to think about go about go about one's business go about one's day go about to gone north about green about the gills hang about haulabout have a way about one have one's mind about one have one's wits about one hedge about hereabout hereabouts hop about horse about how about how about no how about that how about them apples how's about it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right it's about time jump about just about keep on about keep one's wits about one kick about kickabout knock about knock-about know about know beans about know what one is about lark about lay about layabout laze about left-about loaf about loll about make no bones about man about town man-about-town mess about mill about monkey about mope about move about much ado about nothing muck about nearabout nearabouts nearbout no bones about it no two ways about it nose about not bear thinking about not make any bones about not worth writing home about nothing about us without us nothing to write home about on about on or about order about out and about piss about play about poke about potter about prat about pull about push about put about put it about put oneself about putter about raceabout rattle about ready about right-about right-about-face roll about root about round about roundabout roustabout run about run about with screw about send about one's business set about shift about shove about sit about sling about slob about something to write home about sounds about white splash about stirabout tack about talk about talk about the weather talk-about-able talked about tearabout tell me about it that's about the size of it that's what I'm talking about thenabout thereabout thereabouts think about thrash about throw about time about tit about to write home about tourabout turn about turn about is fair play turn and turn about turn-about turnabout twat about up and about walk about walkabout walking-about money westabout what about what about the children what someone is about wheel about whenabout whereabout whereabouts while one is about it whirlabout woman about town you don't know what you're talking about
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almost apparent approximate approximately approximation around around and astir circuitous circularly circumference concern concerned concerned with concerning concerning something contiguity correspondence describing describing something description descriptive descriptive of estimation immediate intent mary movie near nearly neighborhood of something on or on topic planning preposition preposition concerning proximity reference reference to regarding regarding concerning relating relating something round something something of sort sort of subject succession topic verge vicinity
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