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in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let''s look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "brought the ship about"; "suddenly she turned around" to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who''s been around"; "she sleeps a in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he''s about 30 years old"; "I''ve had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundre |
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