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just about
Idioms and Phrases
Almost, very nearly, as in This job is just about done , or At just about midnight we'll uncork the champagne . This phrase is sometimes used alone, as in Are you finished yet?鈥擩ust about . It uses about in the sense of 鈥渘early,鈥 a usage dating from the early 1600s.Example Sentences
鈥淔undamentally, this is just about somebody trying to hijack our project and our identity.鈥
鈥淛ohn Wayne loved us so much. He would do just about anything you would ask him to do. He did one sketch where he was Gladys鈥 husband,鈥 she said, referring to her famous character.
"It鈥檚 also not just about cheaper prices; it鈥檚 about making sure customers are getting the products they want."
It's a huge showroom of more than 75,000 shops where buyers come seeking just about everything, from twinkling Christmas lights and kitchenware to umbrellas and massage guns.
"I was just happy to make the breaks at the important times, no matter what they were. It was just about digging in and putting him under pressure."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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