about+to+happen
111knock about (or around) — informal 1》 spend time or travel without a specific purpose. 2》 happen to be present. → knock …
112come about — the change came about in 1989 Syn: happen, occur, take place, transpire, fall; crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface; ensue, follow; literary come to pass, befall …
113wait about — phrasal verb wait around or wait about [intransitive] Word forms wait around : present tense I/you/we/they wait around he/she/it waits around present participle waiting around past tense waited around past participle waited around to do nothing… …
114bring about — [v] cause success accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, give rise to, make happen, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed; concepts 244,706 Ant. halt, kill,… …
115bring about — ► bring about 1) cause (something) to happen. 2) cause (a ship) to head in a different direction. Main Entry: ↑bring …
116knock about — ► knock about (or around) informal 1) travel or spend time without a specific purpose. 2) happen to be present. Main Entry: ↑knock …
117come about (that … ) — ˌcome aˈbout (that…) derived to happen • Can you tell me how the accident came about? Main entry: ↑comederived …
118bring about — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To achieve] Syn. do, accomplish, realize; see achieve 1 , 2 , succeed 1 . 2. [To cause] Syn. produce, effect, engender, make happen; see begin 1 , cause 2 , manage 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To be the cause of: bring …
119bring about — bring forth, make happen, cause …
120brought about — caused, made happen …
