bum around
idiom
variants
or British bum about
informal
1
: to spend time relaxing in (a place) instead of working
I spent the whole day just bumming around the house.
2
: to spend time living and traveling in (a place) without a job or much money
After graduation, she bummed around Mexico for a while.
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Cuttlefish, by and large, don’t bum around in Milan.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In search of a high-end beach town to bum around on the beach and indulge in cocktails?
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
Anne Marie and her crew bum around town, jockeying for waves, playing surf video games, pooling their last few pocket dollars for gas-station breakfasts.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
The whole doctor thing was mostly an excuse for his disaffected protagonist to bum around the Hamptons on the periphery of the rich and famous, which made for a perfectly pleasant, beachy series.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In search of a high-end beach town to bum around on the beach and indulge in cocktails?
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
Anne Marie and her crew bum around town, jockeying for waves, playing surf video games, pooling their last few pocket dollars for gas-station breakfasts.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
The whole doctor thing was mostly an excuse for his disaffected protagonist to bum around the Hamptons on the periphery of the rich and famous, which made for a perfectly pleasant, beachy series.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
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“Bum around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bum%20around. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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