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to write home about

to write home about adjective: of significance; worth noticing or remarking upon.

Adjective

to write home about

  1. Of significance; worth noticing or remarking upon.
    • The food wasn't much to write home about: it was filthy slop.
    • ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

Questions about to write home about

What does to write home about mean?
To write home about means of significance; worth noticing or remarking upon.
What part of speech is to write home about?
To write home about is an adjective.

Words near to write home about in the dictionary

  1. to what end
  2. to whom it may concern
  3. to whom this may concern
  4. to wisse
  5. to wit
  6. to write home about
  7. to your health
  8. To'a
  9. to't
  10. to've
  11. to-

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