read about (someone or something)
read about (someone or something)
To glean information about someone or something by reading something. I'm reading about Abraham Lincoln, at the moment. I remember reading about a that in a magazine a few years ago.
See also: read
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
read about someone or something
to read information concerning someone or something. Did you read about John in the newspaper? I read about bonds, and learned a lot about finance.
See also: read
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- read about
- read up
- read up on (someone or something)
- read of
- read of (someone or something)
- have (one's) nose in a book
- have (one's) nose in a magazine
- have nose in a book
- have your nose in a book, magazine, etc.
- nose in a book, have one's