The phrase "about to undermine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that something is on the verge of causing harm or damage to a situation, plan, or authority.
Example: "The new policy changes are about to undermine the trust that employees have in management."
Alternatives: "on the brink of undermining" or "poised to undermine".
Mr. Mosher, who oversaw the superb revival of Arthur Miller's "View From the Bridge" last season, isn't about to undermine this drama's perverse comfort factor.
Société Générale dominates distribution in France, along with Crédit Agricole; but it also has a thriving fund-management operation of its own, which it is not about to undermine by hawking competitors' products.
If there is any clarity at all, it is about some vague sense of Channel 4 becoming unsustainable amongst the hurly burly of new players about to undermine the existence of every advertiser-funded media business in the UK.
Clinton doesn't like to play an overtly political role anymore; he enjoys the statesmanlike aura that surrounds any ex-president, and he is not about to undermine it, even for his wife's campaign.
When former President B. J. Habibie, ignoring warnings of potential violence, announced early last year that he would allow a referendum, the military set about to undermine it by forming the militias.
Rogers has tackled some tough subjects over the years -- divorce, death, the first day of school -- but he wasn't about to undermine the Neighborhood with petty distinctions between fresh and canned content.
And so it was that Cameron and his aides set about trying to undermine the broadcasters' original proposals for a 2 3 4 sequence of televised debates featuring Cameron and Milliband, then the addition of Clegg and then Farage.
While post-racial America isn't a reality, there has been progress, and inflammatory comments about race should not about be allowed to undermine that progress.
I asked him this question because so much of his work seems to be about trying to undermine supposed bourgeois culture by spreading lies.
"Whenever we hear about attempts to undermine Apple's industry-leading security, we thoroughly investigate and take appropriate steps to protect our customers.
Mr. Bush understands that China and Russia are putting aside their differences and talking about ways to undermine America's global power -- talk he does not want to feed.
