just about

Idioms  

1. Almost, very nearly, as in This job is just about done, or At just about midnight we'll uncork the champagne. This phrase is sometimes used alone, as in Are you finished yet?—Just about. It uses about in the sense of “nearly,” a usage dating from the early 1600s.

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just about

That’s what the Dodgers do these days, just about every day of every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

A franchise that used to cycle through mostly forgettable quarterbacks and relied on suffocating defense now hopes to win a Super Bowl by betting that its budding star can outscore just about anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

"It's not just about putting a roof over someone's head."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"That told us this isn't just about what patients eat. Something is fundamentally different about how their gut handles oxalate."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Old Rowdy will do just about anything I ask him to do. There’s only one thing he won’t do. He won’t help me fight wasp nests. He won’t have any part of that.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls