the one about

idiom

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

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Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Probably the one that’s best known is the one about how Philomelus, a young, impoverished farmer and herdsman, struggled to push his plow through his fields. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 As the population in the Northland has expanded, Brittingham said she’s been able to keep up with the latest resources, business and politics through the town halls at the center such as the one about the candidates for the county commission and the Children Services Fund tax. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 20 July 2025 All the rape myths that the Me Too movement was supposed to have debunked have slunk their way back into the level of acceptable discourse, especially the one about how no true rape victim will appease their attackers. Aja Romano, Vox, 2 July 2025 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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