as in to kill time
to spend time doing nothing
after an exhausting week at work, I just want to spend the weekend vegging out
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Plus: What better way for locals to veg out during a stressful election season than with some grade-A on-screen drama?
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
This isn't only a place to veg out, though.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Earlier in the episode, Kyle and Nellie bond over video games, and decide to skip prom to veg out on the couch together.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
This isn't only a place to veg out, though.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
But my favorite way to spend a day off is to just veg out and watch the boob tube.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 June 2021
Earlier in the episode, Kyle and Nellie bond over video games, and decide to skip prom to veg out on the couch together.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veg out
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Expect to see Taylor Swift in Kelce's suite at least one more time before the Eras Tour kicks back up in Miami on October 18.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2024
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Season 2 kicked off with two Christmas episodes in Dec. 2021; the third episode is set to kick back off the season in early 2025.Emily Longeretta, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Next up was Ana Navarro, lounging on a cruise ship reading Ricky Martin’s memoir when suddenly she’s forced to choose between sharks and electrocution, one of Trump’s weirder fantasy scenarios.Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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One house featured an elaborate Halloween display: skeletons lounging in an oak tree; a skeleton scaling a flagpole as if to seize the Texas flag atop it.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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If you’re bummed that Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is over, don’t worry.Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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Are you bummed that a J. Edgar-centric spinoff isn’t happening?Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
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And the whole complex rests on a glimmering reflecting pool.William O'Connor, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many are staying in makeshift shelters hoping for a semblance of safety — some in public schools, others with anyone who can offer a roof and a place to rest.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Get our daily newsletter Yet Mr Schwarzman avoids footling with life’s foot-soldiers for a reason.The Economist, The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
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Last year an American startup called Swarm Technologies paid a footling $900,000 fine for sending four tiny satellites into orbit on an Indian rocket, having been denied permission to do so by the US Federal Communications Commission.The Economist, The Economist, 17 July 2019
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Under a different playoff format that earned New England a first-round bye that was extended further by an international break and after being idled for three weeks, the Revolution were eliminated from the playoffs on penalty kicks in their first game.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Note that all the HDD companies idled capacity during the downturn of the last couple of years.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Lord played basketball at Combs High School in San Tan Valley.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Martin played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes alongside Caitlin Clark and was drafted by the Aces in the second round (18th overall) of the 2024 WNBA Draft.Jenn Nelson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Veg out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veg%20out. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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