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be all about

be all about verb: to deal with, to be focused on.

Verb

be all about (third-person singular simple present is all about, present participle being all about, simple past was all about, past participle been all about)

  1. (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on.
    • That's what it's all about.
  2. (colloquial) To love, to enjoy, to be interested in.
    • She didn't look up and Luke could see she was all about the chips.2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 176

Forms of be all about

third-person singular presentis all about
present participlebeing all about
pastwas all about
past participlebeen all about

Questions about be all about

What does be all about mean?
Be all about means to deal with, to be focused on.
What part of speech is be all about?
Be all about is a verb.
What is the past tense of be all about?
The past tense of be all about is was all about.

Words near be all about in the dictionary

  1. be able to
  2. be able to count on one's fingers
  3. be about
  4. be aces with
  5. be ages with
  6. be all about
  7. be along
  8. be another thing
  9. be around
  10. be ashamed
  11. be at the plague

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