on about

idiom

British, informal + disapproving

: talking about

I haven't a clue what you're on about!

She is always on about the importance of exercise.

Examples of on about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Expectations versus reality of boredom To investigate the roll that fast-forwarding and switching videos has in boredom, researchers performed two experiments on about 1,200 people, according to the study published Monday in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. —

Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024 Shea got writing credit on about 20 episodes of this one. —

Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024 Max was discharged at 3:30 a.m. Freeman played a day game against the Giants on about an hour of sleep that Thursday and traveled — somewhat reluctantly — with the Dodgers to Houston that night for the start of an eight-game, three-city trip. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024 Other changes for Southwest Airlines The airline also is making other changes, which include adding premium seats on all flights, more legroom on about one-third of all seats and the return of overnight flights known as red-eyes. —

Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for on about

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