around about

idiom

: approximately : roughly
We got home around about 8 o'clock.

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Quit joking around about little green men and flying saucers. Sarah Polus, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025 Speculation has always floated around about a possible collaboration between the two musicians. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 One problem with this story is that there was a lot of misinformation floating around about exactly what was happening here. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Even the bicycle had only been around about a half a century. Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for around about

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“Around about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/around%20about. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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