around about

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Adverb

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around about (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, informal) Nearly; approximately.
    • 2009 March 6, The Daily Telegraph[1]:
      We had around about a dozen workers called out and they worked through to about 6 o'clock this morning doing repairs.
    • 2021 June 28, Marcus O'Dean, Sporting Shooter[2]:
      I quickly settled myself on my backside as a fox playfully chased a grasshopper around about fifty metres away.
    • 2018, Jenny Martens, QShelter[3]:
      I grew up knowing only Aboriginal culture because my Grandfather died when I was around about ten years old.

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