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.

Examples of on about in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Developer Mark Sapperstein, CEO of 28 Walker, plans to build 500 for-sale townhomes and commercial space on about 90 acres in Baltimore Peninsula, including land that once housed The Baltimore Sun’s printing plant and newsroom. — Lauren Breunig, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026

For measles, that protection depends on about 95% of people being immune. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026

For the second time in a decade, Branford is poised to decide whether to let developers build a big-box warehouse store on about 40 acres of former apple orchards in the town’s northeastern corner. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

Proposition 3 would make permanent higher tax rates on about the highest-earning 2% of the state’s tax filers, rates that would otherwise expire at the end of 2030. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for on about

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout