Idioms
See about in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee about in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe about to do something
- to be close to doing something; to be going to do something very soon
- I was just about to ask you the same thing.
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be not about to do something
- to not be willing to do something; to not intend to do something
- I've never done any cooking and I'm not about to start now.
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