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just about
Idioms and Phrases
Almost, very nearly, as in This job is just about done , or At just about midnight we'll uncork the champagne . This phrase is sometimes used alone, as in Are you finished yet?鈥擩ust about . It uses about in the sense of 鈥渘early,鈥 a usage dating from the early 1600s.Example Sentences
Again, we can see that this isn鈥檛 just about money; it鈥檚 about power and who has it.
There were smiles, though, just about visible behind the pyrotechnic fog rising off the sea of bodies that had invaded the pitch for the third successive year.
With Hansi Flick at the helm, Barca have rediscovered that sometimes football isn't just about the result but also about the importance and value of the journey.
Democrats make up 45% and most of those who are unaffiliated 鈥 just about another quarter of the electorate 鈥 tend to lean Democratic.
It's just about insulting them, not "protecting" kids from the knowledge of trans identities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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