(~d)
1.
If someone ~s about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them. (FORMAL)
Politicians like to ~ about falling standards.
VERB: V about/on n, also V
2.
The ~ of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope.
Pope Formosus died after a ~ of four and a half years.
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