just about

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just about

adverb

idiomatic Approximately, very nearly. ‘Have you already reached your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’
Similar: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes

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Español	casi, por poco, mal que bien
Português	aproximadamente

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@misc{just_about_2026,
  title = {just about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/just%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}