<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">about</span> (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Speaking <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, talking of. What are you <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">about</span>? They were <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">about</span> some kind of UFO conspiracy...
bang <span class="searchmatch">about</span> bash <span class="searchmatch">about</span> bat <span class="searchmatch">about</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">about</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> all <span class="searchmatch">about</span> beat <span class="searchmatch">about</span> beat <span class="searchmatch">about</span> the bush bonce <span class="searchmatch">about</span> boss <span class="searchmatch">about</span> brace <span class="searchmatch">about</span> bring <span class="searchmatch">about</span> bucket <span class="searchmatch">about</span> bugger...
<span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">about</span> (third-person singular simple present is <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, present participle being <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, simple past was <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, past participle been <span class="searchmatch">about</span>) (This entry...
English Wikipedia has an article <span class="searchmatch">on</span>: see a man <span class="searchmatch">about</span> a dog Wikipedia Unknown. As a Prohibition-era reference to getting alcohol, influenced by the expression...
idiomatically: see run, <span class="searchmatch">about</span>. (idiomatic, intransitive) To <span class="searchmatch">be</span> very busy doing many different things. I've been running <span class="searchmatch">about</span> all week getting everything...
participle loafed about) (intransitive, idiomatic) To do nothing in particular; to <span class="searchmatch">be</span> idle. laze <span class="searchmatch">about</span> laze around loaf loaf around laze <span class="searchmatch">about</span> — see laze <span class="searchmatch">about</span>...
intransitive) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly Stop mucking <span class="searchmatch">about</span> and get <span class="searchmatch">on</span> with your work! (informal, intransitive) To attempt to do something...
turn-<span class="searchmatch">about</span> turn <span class="searchmatch">about</span> (third-person singular simple present turns <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, present participle turning <span class="searchmatch">about</span>, simple past and past participle turned <span class="searchmatch">about</span>) (obsolete...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">about</span>-turn <span class="searchmatch">about</span> turn (plural <span class="searchmatch">about</span> turns) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">about</span>-turn. <span class="searchmatch">about</span> turn (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">about</span> turns, present...
A variant of see a man <span class="searchmatch">about</span> a dog, from the implied context of seeing someone <span class="searchmatch">about</span> a bet <span class="searchmatch">on</span> a horse race. see a man <span class="searchmatch">about</span> a horse (third-person singular...