Phrase Hound found 641 phrases and 39 compound words that contain about. The most common are listed below. Open about in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 641
- talk aboutUsed to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- what aboutUsed to make a suggestion.
- think aboutTo ponder.
- talking aboutpresent participle and gerund of talk about
- just aboutApproximately, very nearly.
- about timeFar past the desired time.
- know aboutUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about.
- bring aboutTo cause to take place.
- go aboutTo busy oneself with.
- out and aboutTraveling; out; moving; engaged in day-to-day activities requiring travel.
- thinking aboutpresent participle and gerund of think about
- talked aboutDiscussed by many people.
- set aboutUsed with the adverb sense of about.
- come aboutTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- about-faceAn abrupt turn to face the opposite direction.
- thought aboutsimple past and past participle of think about
- talks aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of talk about: Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- about that lifeHaving or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.
- be all aboutTo deal with, to be focused on.
- is all aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of be all about: To deal with, to be focused on.
- forget aboutTo not think about something or someone, to fail to remember, or to disregard someone or something.
- about-turnA turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation .
- About People
- tell me about itUsed to express agreement and sympathy with the previous speaker’s statement.
- About Us But Not About Us
Compound words 39
- roundaboutIndirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
- turnaboutThe act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction.
- roustaboutAn unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
- layaboutA lazy person.
- hereaboutAbout this; concerning this.
- whenaboutApproximately in time.
- aboutchuabout you
- nearaboutNear, nearly, almost.
- eastaboutEastward, heading east.
- kickaboutAn informal amateur game of football/soccer.