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just about

adv

Definitions

  1. Approximately, very nearly.

    • ‘Have you already reached your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’
    • I’m (just) about ready.
    • Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for just about. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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