there|a|bouts

there|a|bouts
there|a|bouts «THAIR uh BOWTS», adverb.
1. near that place: »

She lives in the main part of town, on Front Street or thereabouts.

2. near that time: »

He went home in the late afternoon, at 5 o'clock or thereabouts.

3. near that number or amount: »

to use 50 gallons of oil or thereabouts. It was very cold and the temperature fell to zero or thereabouts.


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