be all about

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be all about (third-person singular simple present is all about, present participle being all about, simple past was all about, past participle been all about)

  1. (colloquial) To deal with, to be focused on.
    That's what it's all about.
  2. (colloquial) To love, to enjoy, to be interested in.
    • 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 176:
      She didn't look up and Luke could see she was all about the chips.

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