around about

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: approximately : roughly
We got home around about 8 o'clock.

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Many theories have been floating around about what may have caused the rearranging with some guessing another stage and others imagining an extraordinary set design. Caché McClay, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025 The first trailer for Sinners dropped in September and didn’t really make a splash, hence the worrisome buzz that floated around about the movie for quite some time as one of the risky ~$100M auteur feature productions (net $90M+) under the Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy administration. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025 Quit joking around about little green men and flying saucers. Sarah Polus, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025 Speculation has always floated around about a possible collaboration between the two musicians. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for around about

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“Around about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/around%20about. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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