about to do
about to (do something)
Ready or intending to do something imminently or in the near future. I was just about to take out the garbage when you called to remind me! She's just about to start her new job this morning. Hey, can you answer the door? I'm just about to take the roast out of the oven.
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*about to do something
in the process of doing something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I'd better be about my yard work.
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