keen about, be
be keen about (someone or something)
To be excited about or interested in someone or something. Rich is very keen about this cruise he's planned for the fall. Don't take this opportunity if you aren't keen about it. He's really keen about that last candidate, but she just didn't impress me.
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keen about, be
Be enthusiastic about. For example, He's been keen about this whole endeavor for a long time. It is also put as be keen on, which has the additional meaning "to be ardent about or in love with," as in Jim's been keen on Jane for years. With other adverbs, such as keen at and keen of, keen has been so used since the early 1500s; the current locutions, however, date from the mid-1800s.
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