the one about

idiom

: the joke about
Have you heard the one about the priest and the rabbi?

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Recent Examples on the Web This is a concept as old as sports, the one about having to beat the best to be the best. Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024 Most likely, the Paris Olympics won’t create a yarn as good as the one about Olga Fikotova and Harold Connolly. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 Among the unreasonable conversations that did not happen, at least onstage, was the one about a contracting entertainment industry where fewer TV series are being greenlit. Alison Brower, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024 Many of the bits center on race and/or stereotypes, like the one about two enslaved men who are insecure when nobody wants to bid on them at an auction, or the iconic substitute teacher sketch, or the skit that asks an age-old question: Is this country song racist? Kevin Jacobsen and Hope Lasater, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the one about 

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“The one about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20one%20about. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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