on about

phrase

British, informal + disapproving
: talking about
I haven't a clue what you're on about!
She is always on about the importance of exercise.

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Diane and Anthony Scherer grew up on about 45 acres of land close to the Mississippi River, just north of Missouri’s bootheel, in between the towns of Benton and Scott City. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Thursday, following up on about 16 cases that the Michigan Secretary of State referred to her office during 2025 regarding the November 2024 general election. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 OpenAI and Microsoft, for example, are working with Harvard librarians on an initiative to train AI models on about 1 million public-domain books dating back to the 15th century. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 Read on about Jane Schoenbrun’s love letter to the slasher genre with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, now playing in theaters. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on about

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Ona
on about
on account
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“On about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20about. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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