SEE ABOUT (SOMETHING)


Meaning of SEE ABOUT (SOMETHING) in English

see about something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ see )

1 . to make arrangements or deal with something:

I’d better see about dinner.

see about doing something

Claire’s gone to see about getting tickets for the concert.

2 . we’ll see about that spoken

a) ( also we’ll have to see about that ) used to say that you do not know if something will be possible:

‘I want to go to Joshua’s tonight.’ ‘Well, we’ll have to see about that.’

b) ( also we’ll soon see about that ) used to say that you intend to stop someone from doing what they were planning to do

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.