around about

idiom

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

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After reports broke that the program has made the decision to move on from Brian Kelly, plenty of names have started flying around about who could replace him. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 There are many ideas floating around about the best way to clean windows, from using newspaper to squeegees to sponges. Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025 The emcee of the rally, Rahsaan Hall, CEO of Urban League of Eastern Mass., joked around about how one of the speakers at the event would be the executive director of Antifa. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 Lots of variations are being tossed around about whether the originating maker of AGI would be allowed to keep AGI and run it on behalf of the world or be set to the side as a result of the governmental taking of AGI. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 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 Nov. 2025.

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