The phrase "about to be ground" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is on the verge of being crushed or pulverized, often in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The coffee beans are about to be ground for the fresh brew."
Alternatives: "on the verge of being crushed" or "ready to be pulverized."
Is Flight of the Conchords about to be grounded?
A satirical illustration on the cover of the latest issue of New Yorker magazine enforced this idea by mocking Trump Jr. as a naughty child about to be "grounded" by his disappointed dad. .
Yes, America, the fat kid on the playground that's been stealing your lunch money but tells you it's for your own good; that little bastard child that's spent all its allowance on guns and yummy oil; that little stinker that's about to be grounded until it can play nice with the other nations again.
Andrew Bailey, the boss of the PRA, also said this week that there needed to be "ground rules" about the way banks lobbied for change.
Our own consultations with members of the public suggested a preference for information about the quality of homes to be grounded in the views of residents and their families.
And we all know that the reason we're so concerned about safety is that nobody wants to be grounded.
Or he jumps from a rooftop to one that is so much lower that he gets smaller and smaller, descending like a spike about to be driven into the ground.
On September 20 , 2008 I stand behind my mother and grandmother as they hold hands before the tiny box about to be lowered into the ground.
News of her husband's death reached Sarah just after she received a message from home secretary Willie Whitelaw stating that her husband was about to be released on compassionate grounds.
If a hero wins, the villain should be on the ground about to be killed, but the hero would usually redeem them unless they were truly horrible.
