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The phrase "about to abandon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating an imminent action of leaving or giving up on something.
Example: "She was about to abandon her plans for the weekend when she received an unexpected invitation."
Alternatives: "on the verge of leaving" or "ready to give up".
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I'm not interested in reanimating Carry Nation, and I'm not about to abandon my white Burgundy or gin martinis.
Over the past week, a rumour has been doing that rounds implying Apple is about to abandon the use of Intel processors in its Macintosh computers.
Just when all crew members were about to abandon ship, the eye of Typhoon Gay passed over.
They are not about to abandon ship.
Here, a racecar driver about to abandon his dream trains for the Nascar circuit.
It was entirely clear that she was not about to abandon Vesuvius.
He is not about to abandon the essence of his game.
People may have booed the Dodgers, but they were not about to abandon them.
For their part, Ms. Hilton and her colleagues were not about to abandon South Jersey.
The Co-op Bank is not about to abandon its ethical approach to business.
Rachel was trying, perhaps, to make him understand Brooklyn, the world into which she was about to abandon him.
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