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.
Examples of on about in a Sentence
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Meruelo has set his sights on about 100 acres of land in northeast Phoenix, at Loop 101 west of Scottsdale Road.
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Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2024
There are few independent studies of Florida’s insurance crisis, and the report offers insight into one of the state’s vulnerabilities: its reliance on about 50 small insurers, covering about 70% of policyholders, that are usually rated by a single company.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, teams of scientists and workers are focusing on restoring the landscape and natural vegetation on about 2,200 acres of denuded reservoir-bottom lands.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
It was surrounded by a big fence on about an acre and a half of property, always snowed in, and six of my seven kids were there, sometimes all seven.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The zigzags represent movement, the researchers said, and have been seen on about 12% of the carvings at Toro Muerto.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
That too, in tandem with revisiting the wider industrial, mining and manufacturing chain - a critical facet of the energy transition - and not just badger on about sources of energy supply.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On average my team, the New York Mets are on about a 15-year trajectory, last making it in 2015 against the Royals and before that 2000 against the Yankees.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The two-story build sits on about half an acre with four bedrooms plus two-and-a-half baths in a tent-like structure that’s finished in plaster and dark wood trim.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2024
There are few independent studies of Florida’s insurance crisis, and the report offers insight into one of the state’s vulnerabilities: its reliance on about 50 small insurers, covering about 70% of policyholders, that are usually rated by a single company.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, teams of scientists and workers are focusing on restoring the landscape and natural vegetation on about 2,200 acres of denuded reservoir-bottom lands.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
It was surrounded by a big fence on about an acre and a half of property, always snowed in, and six of my seven kids were there, sometimes all seven.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The zigzags represent movement, the researchers said, and have been seen on about 12% of the carvings at Toro Muerto.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
That too, in tandem with revisiting the wider industrial, mining and manufacturing chain - a critical facet of the energy transition - and not just badger on about sources of energy supply.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On average my team, the New York Mets are on about a 15-year trajectory, last making it in 2015 against the Royals and before that 2000 against the Yankees.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The two-story build sits on about half an acre with four bedrooms plus two-and-a-half baths in a tent-like structure that’s finished in plaster and dark wood trim.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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