(as negative 'not about to', informal, originally, _, US, Canada) Indicates that one has no intention of doing the stated thing at any time in the future.
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(obsolete, _, in affirmative) Indicates that one is preparing or planning to do the stated thing at some time in the future, not necessarily imminently.
1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Acts of the Apostles, xviii, 14
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