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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The nebula sits about 5,900 light-years from Earth and is revealed in different colors due to the filters used by the Hubble telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 filters, which captured specific wavelengths of light to build the image. —

Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025 The bucolic scene in Wittmann, an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, sits about an hour away northwest of downtown Phoenix, and right outside the city limits from Surprise. —

Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024 Then there was Ewers, sitting about 20 yards away across the Nicholls State practice field, being asked about Manning’s decision to remain his understudy. —

Larry Holder, The Athletic, 8 July 2024 Millersville sits about 15 miles north of Nashville, primarily in Sumner County, though a sliver of the city lies in Robertson County. —

Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for sit about