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.
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Nieman also has found that snacking on about 40 almonds per day for four weeks before heavy exercise contributed to less muscle damage.
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Matt Fuchs, TIME, 17 May 2024
The administration has been reviewing tariffs on Chinese goods since President Biden took office – steep duties on about $370 billion of imports from China each year, put in place by former President Donald Trump as one of his signature policy moves.
—Asma Khalid, NPR, 10 May 2024
In fact, a murder trial happening this week centers on about 20 kilos a charter fishing crew found at sea and took back to shore to sell in 2015.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
The monument bans new uranium mines on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, but Pinyon Plain Mine was exempted as an existing operation, even after tribal and environmental groups attempted to stop it through the courts.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Other amenities include a game room, bicycle storage, washer and dryers in each unit, walk-in closets and balconies on about half of the units.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
Cusick sees between 50 to 100 patients with pectus excavatum each year — he’s performed the corrective surgery on about 275 patients.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
Construction began on about 3,700 new single-family homes across Wisconsin this quarter, local building permit records show.
—Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Meruelo has set his sights on about 100 acres of land in northeast Phoenix, at Loop 101 west of Scottsdale Road.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2024
Matt Fuchs, TIME, 17 May 2024
The administration has been reviewing tariffs on Chinese goods since President Biden took office – steep duties on about $370 billion of imports from China each year, put in place by former President Donald Trump as one of his signature policy moves.
—Asma Khalid, NPR, 10 May 2024
In fact, a murder trial happening this week centers on about 20 kilos a charter fishing crew found at sea and took back to shore to sell in 2015.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
The monument bans new uranium mines on about 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, but Pinyon Plain Mine was exempted as an existing operation, even after tribal and environmental groups attempted to stop it through the courts.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Other amenities include a game room, bicycle storage, washer and dryers in each unit, walk-in closets and balconies on about half of the units.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
Cusick sees between 50 to 100 patients with pectus excavatum each year — he’s performed the corrective surgery on about 275 patients.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
Construction began on about 3,700 new single-family homes across Wisconsin this quarter, local building permit records show.
—Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
Meruelo has set his sights on about 100 acres of land in northeast Phoenix, at Loop 101 west of Scottsdale Road.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2024
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“On about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20about. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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