Tell her you were about to go to bed with me for the second time tonight.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
She smoked as a diversionary tactic and cast about to compensate.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
We're about to be thirty-five million dollars richer, that's what!
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
Synonyms of 'about to'
on the point of, ready to, intending to, on the verge or brink of
More Synonyms of about to
All related terms of 'about to'
be about to
If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon . If something is about to happen , it will happen very soon.
to beat about the bush
If you tell someone not to beat about the bush , you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated , indirect way.
nothing to write home about
If you say that something is nothing to write home about , you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting .
to throw your weight about
If someone throws their weight around or throws their weight about , they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to.
a bad word to say about sb
If nobody has a bad word to say about you, you are liked or admired by everyone.
be nothing to write home about
to be not very interesting , exciting , or special
have to have your wits about you
to need to be alert and ready to take action in a difficult or new situation
to have mixed feelings about sth
If you have mixed feelings about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
to make a song and dance about
If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it.
not to know the first thing about something
If you say that you do not know the first thing about something, you are emphasizing that you know absolutely nothing about it.
come to think of it/when you think about it
You use expressions such as come to think of it , when you think about it , or thinking about it , when you mention something that you have suddenly remembered or realized .