sit about
phrasal verb
sat about; sitting about; sits about
chiefly British
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits about and does nothing while I do all the work.
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Ether, which turns 10 years old at the end of July, is sitting about 75% off its all-time high.
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 2 July 2025
The nearly 240-foot long SS Nemesis sits about 16 miles off the coast of Sydney at a depth of about 525 feet, NSW officials wrote in a June 23 Facebook post.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Site work is already underway at the location, which sits about 40 miles west of Miami International Airport, with detainees expected to be held there as soon as July 1.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Scarborough Shoal sits about 140 miles west of the Philippines' Luzon Island and nearly 700 miles from China's southernmost province of Hainan.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 2 July 2025
The nearly 240-foot long SS Nemesis sits about 16 miles off the coast of Sydney at a depth of about 525 feet, NSW officials wrote in a June 23 Facebook post.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Site work is already underway at the location, which sits about 40 miles west of Miami International Airport, with detainees expected to be held there as soon as July 1.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Scarborough Shoal sits about 140 miles west of the Philippines' Luzon Island and nearly 700 miles from China's southernmost province of Hainan.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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