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about that life

about that life prepositional phrase: having or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Having or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.
    • I'm about that life, so it's no biggie to me. I've been in these streets before.2014, M. T. Pope, Both Sides of the Fence 4: Bad Blood
    • "It's a new lounge. You guys will love it." "Mia may love it. Some of us aren't about that life," Estelle said. "Mia isn't about that life anymore^([sic]) either," I said […]2015, Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts, page 333
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about, that, life.
    • He was a cowboy at heart, like the rest of them, although he had never lived the life of a real cowboy or he might not be fantasizing about that life2015, George T. Lindsey, Mesa Flats Resort Predators and Politics, page 403

Questions about about that life

What does about that life mean?
About that life means having or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.
What part of speech is about that life?
About that life is a prepositional phrase.

Words near about that life in the dictionary

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  10. about turned
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