all about
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- idiom
- And I guess I want to ask you all about your thoughts about that.
- life is all about
- education is all about
- music is all about
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Watch on YouTubeThe mythic cycle is all about death and rebirth.
- The mythic cycle is all about death and rebirth.
- So today's video is all about upgrading it.
- But like, for example, Pet Sounds is all about teenage love.
- I'm Shane and today's episode is all about scary stories.
- But to make the gender of your child all about you, I've had it.
- So this is all about your mind, your brain.
- Well, it's true, and it's all about the triangulation.
- But in the pattern it's all about fields and stuff like that.
- Real estate is all about buying a great deal.
Examples
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You want to know all about me.
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So this is all about your mind, your brain.
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Maybe it's not all about yes or no.
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So I look forward to telling you all about this work.
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This is what it's all about.
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And you know, it's all about the South Asian cast.
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Let's hear all about it another time.
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And hey, this is a book all about mental Wellness.
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Go to our website to learn all about my fairy Godfathers.
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This project is all about improving our community's resources.
Synonyms
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On the subject of someone or something
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'completely focused on' is directly derivable from combining 'all' (entirely/whole) with 'about' (concerning/on the topic of), so the sense is compositional rather than idiomatic. This intensifier + preposition pattern is common cross-linguistically and should be immediately accessible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The phrase all about comes from the simple image of all meaning 'everything' and about meaning 'on the subject of'. Imagine a party where every song, every dish and every game is about one person's birthday, so saying something is all about X means it is 'completely focused on' or has X as its 'main subject'.