about to

about to meaning

• to be at the point where something was just going to be done
• on the verge of
• can be used to show that a task was going to be done but was disturbed at the onset

Example Sentences

1. I was about to come to you for advise when you called me.
2. It is a thrill that you experience when you are about to enter a massive roller coaster.
3. You know when you are about to meet the man of your dreams when everything else is going wrong.
4. It is the emotional strength of a woman that helps her when she is about to give birth.
5. To know that you are about to die must have been a painful journey for him after the doctors diagnosed him with cancer.
6. The cave is about to fall hence visitors have been advised to keep away.
7. I know that you are about to leave the country for good. What is the point of hiding it now?
8. It was great that the operation went well, I was about to call another specialist otherwise.
9. The children are about to sleep, please don't make a noise.

Origin

Neither the literary nor the term's origin are available at the moment.