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preposition (NO ORDER) /əˈbaʊt/ mainly UK (US usually around)Definition
› positioned around a place, often without a clear purpose or order: Their belongings were flung about the room.
(Definition of about preposition (NO ORDER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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about-turn noun
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