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Idioms and Phrases
At approximately, as in We'll start at about nine . This phrase, most often used with respect to time (as at about four o'clock ), is sometimes criticized for being redundant. Although one of the two words sometimes can be omitted without changing the meaning—for example, About four o'clock is when most guests will arrive —in other instances both are needed, as in This stock is now selling at about its original offering price . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
The body of the 15-year-old was found in Beckenham Place Park in Beckenham at about 22:40 BST on Friday following searches by specialist dive teams.
Emergency services attended a home in Elm Street, Stanley, at about 17:20 BST on Saturday following reports of a disturbance.
Emergency services were initially called to Glen Trool at about 23:50 on Friday, with crews remaining on the scene into Sunday.
The fire service began to reduce resources at the site at about 03:00 BST and by 07:00 on Sunday the blaze was extinguished.
The police had been called at about 15:00 to reports of the boy "going missing after getting into difficulty in the water," the Met said in a statement on Saturday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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