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being all about

being all about is the present participle and gerund of be all about.

Meaning of be all about

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

Questions about being all about

What is being all about the present participle and gerund of?
Being all about is the present participle and gerund of be all about.

Words near being all about in the dictionary

  1. being a one
  2. being a thing
  3. being able to
  4. being aces with
  5. being ages with
  6. being all about
  7. being along
  8. being around
  9. being as
  10. being at the plague
  11. being awake

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