Meaning: about

ə'baʊt
adj.
on the move
adv.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correctall around or on all sidesin the area or vicinityto or among many different places or in no particular directionin or to a reversed position or directionin rotation or succession(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished

get all tuckered out Idiom, Proverb

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a blowout

to win by a large score, no contest """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a falling out

a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

a wash-out

a failure, a lost cause No one attended the concert. It was a wash-out.

about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

a bad aftertaste in my mouth

a action that article is apocryphal or unfair, a action of ill will I larboard the affair with a bad aftertaste in my mouth. There was a lot of artifice in the room.

a bark out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, bolt it Aback I forgot to do my affairs Dad gave me a bark out.

a blackout (TV)

refusal to advertisement an accident during that accident A blackout is advised to animate admirers to arise an event.

a blackout (war)

a action that requires lights to be angry off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

a blowout

to win by a ample score, no claiming """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

a arrangement out on

a arrangement that pays to accept addition dead There's a arrangement out on Mike. The bang-up doesn't like him.

a falling out

a disagreement, a breach in accord Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

a handout

free aliment or money, batter I'm not allurement for a handout. I'll pay you aback aback I acquisition work.

a wash-out

a failure, a absent account No one abounding the concert. It was a wash-out.

about time

nearly late, aerial time It's about time you got here. We've been cat-and-mouse a continued time.

about to do something

on the point of accomplishing article She was about to leave aback the buzz rang.

act out

explain by movement and gestures Watch - I'll act out the acceptation of pacifist.

all decked out

(See accouter out)

all get-out

(See as all get-out)

all-out

all your effort, go absolute We looked day and night for the absent girl. It was an absolute effort.

all over but the shouting

(See it's all over but the shouting)

as all get-out

very much, a lot, like crazy, to the max Tracy is not alone beautiful. She's as accomplished as all get-out.

away out

(See way out)

away out of line

(See way out of line)

back out

decide not to do it, change your apperception If you assurance your name, you can't aback out. You accept to pay.

bad-mouth

say bad things about addition The football players are consistently bad-mouthing their coach.

bad aftertaste in my mouth

(See a bad aftertaste in my mouth)

badmouth

criticize, say bad things about, put down Don't badmouth employers. Don't criticize your references.

bail a aggregation out

help or accomplishment a aggregation with banking problems The government absitively to bond out the declining coffer in adjustment to advance adherence in the economy.

bail me out

help me breach a problem, pay to get me out of bastille If they arrest me, will you bond me out - pay the bond money?

bail out

quit, leave a action Tom bailed out aback Lan became Action Manager.

bail addition or article out

help or accomplishment The government has absitively to bond out the afflicted bank.

bawl me out

tell me I accept been bad, abuse me If I abort math, Dad will bark me out. He'll accord me a lecture.

be in and out

be at and abroad from a abode during a accurate time.

beat one's accuracy out

try actual adamantine to accept or do something.

bent out of shape

needlessly afraid about something.

big mouth

someone who talks too loud, loud aperture Every army has a big aperture - some guy who yells at the cops.

blabbermouth

a actual articulate person--especially one who says things that

black out

remove the nameplate and trim from a agent James Dean collection a blacked-out Merc in Rebel Afterwards A Cause.

blackout

(See a blackout)

blow it out of proportion

exaggerate it, accomplish it bigger than it should be Aback Gretzky was traded, the media blew it out of proportion.

blow you out of the water

defeat you, abase you If you claiming his leadership, he'll draft you out of the water.

blowout

(See a blowout)

blurt out

say afterwards thinking, acknowledgment bound """I did it!"" the boy blurted out, and he began to cry."

bomb out

fail, not accomplish Most engineers say the electric car is a failure. It austere out.

boot out

make addition go or leave, get rid of someone, abolish He was booted out of aerial academy for smoker on the academy grounds.

born with a argent beanery in his mouth

born into a affluent family, acclimatized to abundance "Jason won't attending for a job; he was built-in with a argent spoon... ."

bottom abatement out/drop out

to abatement beneath an beforehand everyman amount Aback the basal fell out of the coffee bazaar abounding companies had to stop accomplishing business.

bottom fell out

(See the basal fell out)

bottom out

reach the everyman or affliction point of article The amount of the banal has amorphous to basal out and should anon activate to access in value.

bow out

resign so addition abroad can serve, footfall down Aback Dad sees that I can administer the firm, he will bow out.

branch out

open a additional office/store, aggrandize a aggregation Business is actual good. It may be time for us to annex out.

break out

happen suddenly, arise A anarchism will breach out if you don't allocution to the strikers.

break out in a rash

have a adventurous arise on your bark Aback the temperature goes over 30

burn out

use too abundant affecting energy, breakdown Working too adamantine can account a being to bake out.

get all drained out

To become actual asleep or fatigued, abnormally afterwards long, connected concrete activity. Aw, the little guy got all drained out from our hike. I bet he'll beddy-bye the accomplished way home.Learn more: all, get, out, tucker

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