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what someone is about

what someone is about phrase: what someone is like; someone's character; someone's intentions, interests or purpose in life.

Phrase

what someone is about

  1. What someone is like; someone's character; someone's intentions, interests or purpose in life.
    • to see what someone is about
    • I'd like to know what this guy's about.

Questions about what someone is about

What does what someone is about mean?
What someone is about means what someone is like; someone's character; someone's intentions, interests or purpose in life.
What part of speech is what someone is about?
What someone is about is a phrase.

Words near what someone is about in the dictionary

  1. what price
  2. what say
  3. what say you
  4. what seems to be the problem
  5. what should I do
  6. what someone is about
  7. what someone is made of
  8. what someone said
  9. what someone says goes
  10. what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive
  11. what that mouth do

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