about

about someone or something

Inf. not to care at all about someone or something. I don't care two hoots about whether you go to the picnic or not. She doesn't give a hoot about me. Why should I care? I don't give a hang about it.

something about someone or something

something alluring or curious about someone or something. There is something about Jane. I just can't figure her out. I love Mexican food. There's just something about it.

*(up and) about

and *up and around

out of bed and moving about. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I'm up and about, but I'm not really wellyet. The flu put Alice into bed for three days, but she was up and around on the fourth.

See:

(it's) about time
a man-about-town
about
about (one's) business
about (one's) ears
about (one's) person
about business
about ears
about it
about last night...
about person
about time
about time too
About time too!
about to
about to (do something)
about to do
about-face
about-turn
advise (one) about
advise about
along about
an about-face
approach (one) about
approach about
arse about
arse about face
ask around about
at about
backward(s) about coming forward
bandy about
be about
be green about the gills
be keen about
be kept in the dark (about something)
be left in the dark (about something)
be nothing (much) to write home about
be nothing much to write home about
be nothing to shout about
be on about
be on about (something)
be potty about (something)
be up and about
beat about the bush
beat around the bush
beef about
beef about someone/something
Better keep still about it
bitch about
boast about
bother about
bother head about
bother with
brag about
brief about
bring about
brood about
bruit about
bum about someone/something
bustle about doing
bustle about some place
call about
can't bear to think about (something)
can't complain. and nothing to complain about
care about
care nothing about
carp about
carry about
cast about
cast about for
cast around for
caution about
chat about
chatter about
chortle about
chuckle about
come about
come clean about something
come clean with someone about something
comment about
complain about
concern oneself about
confer on
confuse about
converse with
correspond with
Could I have a lift?
counsel about
crazy about
crazy about, be
crow about
cut up about someone/something
dart about
dawdle about
daydream about
deliberate about
differ about
do about
do an about-face
Don't even think about it
Don't worry your head about it
doss about
draw out
dream about
embarrass about
excite about
exercised about
expostulate about
faff about
fall about the place (laughing)
fanny about
feel around
feel bad
feel somehow about
feeling
feud
fiddle about (with something)
fidget about
fight about
find (something) out the hard way
fishy about the gills
flail about
flit about
flutter about
follow about
forewarn about
forget about
fret about
front off about something
fume about
fuss about
gad around
generalize about
get about
get the wrong idea (about someone or something)
get wits about one
give a fuck about someone/something
give a shit about someone/something
go about
go about business
go about with
go into a song and dance
go on about
go on about someone/something
go on and on about someone/something
go to see a man about a dog
gossip about
green about the gills
grill (someone) (about something)
groan about
grouse about
grumble about
haggle about
hang about
hassle about
have (some/any) qualms about (something or someone)
have a hunch
have a thing about
have about
have doubts about
have feelings about
have mixed feelings about
have one's wits about one
have wits about
hear about
how about
how about that
How about that!
how about that?
How about you?
hypothesize about
idle about
in reference to
inform about
inquire about
it's about time
It's about time!
I've heard so much about you
jabber about
jaw about
jest about
just about
keen about, be
keen on
keep about
keep mum
keep on about
keep wits about
kick about
kick around
kid about
knock about
know about
know all the answers
know as much about as a hog knows about Sunday
know beans about
know no more about than a frog knows about bedsheets
know the first thing about
know what are talking about
lark it up
lash about
laugh about
lay about one
lay around
laze about
learn about
leave (someone) in the dark (about something)
leave around
lie about
litter about
loaf about
loll about
long about
look about
lose sleep over
mad about
make a federal case out of
make a fuss
make a noise about
make a song and dance about
make a stink about someone/something
make about
make cracks about
make no bones about
Make no bones about it
Make no mistake about it!
make noises about
make overtures about doing
man about town
man-about-town
mess about
mess about with someone
mess around mess about
mess around with someone
mess around with something mess about with something
mill around
millstone about neck
mislead about
moan about
mooch about (somewhere)
moon about
mope about (somewhere)
moralize about
move around
move around and move about
much ado about nothing
mutter about
need (something) (about) as much a fish needs a bicycle
need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head
needle about
niggle about
no buts (about it)
no doubt about it
no ifs, ands, or buts and no buts about it
no two ways about it
noise about
nose about
not about to
not anything to write home about
not care a hang (about something)
not care two hoots about
not care two pins (about something)
not give a hang (about something)
not give a rat's arse (about something)
not give a shite (about something)
not give two pins (about something)
not know beans about
not know beans about something
not know shit about something
not know the first thing about
not something to write home about
not think twice about
not trouble head about
not worth writing home about
nothing to boast about
nothing to write home about
notify about
nuts about, be
on a (subject or activity) kick
on about
order about
order someone about
out and about
pace around
peer about
pester about
piss about
pissed off about someone/something
pissed off at someone/something
play about
play around
poke about
poke around
pout about
prattle about
preach about
protest about
prowl about
pull about
push about
push about in
put about
put it about
putter around
question about
quip about
quiz about
raise a stink about someone/something
rant about
rave about
read about
reassure about
religious about doing
remind about
reminisce about
report about
revolve around
ride about
roam about
roll about
ruminate about
run about
say a lot about
say about
scatter about and scatter around
scold about
scout about (for someone or something)
scratch about
see a man about a dog
see a man about a horse
see about
seen better
seen worse
send about business
send someone about his or her business
serious about
serious about someone
set about
set about doing
shout about
Shut up about it
sigh about
sorry about that
sound off about something
speak about
speculate about
splash about
sprawl about
squabble about
squawk about
sulk about
swirl about
talk about
taunt about
tease about
tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
tell about
tell me
tell me about it
Tell me about it!
That’s about the size of it
That's about the size of it
that's it
theorize about
think about
think twice about
thrash about
throw (one's) weight about
to shout about
trouble about
trouble head about
trouble one's head with
trouble oneself about
turn around
up and about
up and around
up in the air about someone/something
update about
waffle around
wander about
warn about
We were just talking about you
weep about
what about
What about it?
What about you?
What about?
What do you think of that?
whine about
whisper about
wild about
wild about, be
wobble about
woman-about-town
wonder about
worry about
worry oneself about
write about
write home about
yammer about
yap about

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hamilcar	hə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)	Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History
Tamazi	-	Georgian
Hollis	['hɔlis]
Lennie	LEN-ee	English
Ari (3)	-	Armenian
Waldedrudis	-	Ancient Germanic