about something

  • 1make a song and dance about something — british informal phrase to complain a lot about something in an annoying and unnecessary way Every morning she made a great song and dance about getting ready for school. Thesaurus: to complainsynonym Main entry: song * * * …

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  • 2sound off (about something) — 1. in. to omplain about something; to gripe about something. □ You are always sounding off about something that gripes your soul. D Just sound off ifyou’ve got a beef. 2. in. to speak out of turn about something. □ Who asked you to sound off… …

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  • 3in the dark (about something) — phrase not knowing very much about something, because other people are keeping it secret from you We are still very much in the dark about how the money was lost. keep someone in the dark (about something) (=not tell someone about something… …

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  • 4find out something (about something) — ˌfind ˈout (about sth/sb) | ˌfind ˈout sth (about sth/sb) derived to get some information about sth/sb by asking, reading, etc • She d been seeing the boy for a while, but didn t want her parents to find out. • I haven t found anything out about… …

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  • 5be unclear about something — be unclear about/as to/something phrase to not understand or not be certain about something be unclear about/as to/something about: Ben seems unclear about what’s expected of him. be unclear …

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  • 6keep quiet about something — keep something quiet phrase to not tell anyone about something Can we trust him to keep quiet about what he’s seen? We’re going to keep her decision quiet for the moment. Thesaurus: to keep something secretsynonym Main entry …

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  • 7do something about something — do something/nothing/anything/about something phrase to do something nothing anything in order to deal with a problem Can’t you do something about the noise? It’s driving me crazy. The Government know the system isn’t working, but they do nothing …

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  • 8have something to say about something — have something to say to someone/about something/ phrase to be angry with someone or about something ‘Uh oh,’ said Jimmy. ‘Mum’s going to have something to say to you.’ The boss will have something to say about this. Thesaurus: to be, or to… …

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  • 9do nothing about something — do something/nothing/anything/about something phrase to do something nothing anything in order to deal with a problem Can’t you do something about the noise? It’s driving me crazy. The Government know the system isn’t working, but they do nothing …

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  • 10do anything about something — do something/nothing/anything/about something phrase to do something nothing anything in order to deal with a problem Can’t you do something about the noise? It’s driving me crazy. The Government know the system isn’t working, but they do nothing …

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