sit around
phrasal verb
sat around; sitting around; sits around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.
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Speaking of which, when all of the women are sitting around talking, someone asks Ubah what’s going on with her hot sauce.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Accumulated leaf litter, especially the leaf litter that sits around all winter, is a gold mine for many of these insects, providing nutrients, overwintering space, and a place to rear their young.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
Twenty diners sat around a circular table with a 360-degree projection of a Mediterranean food travelogue narrated by Brooke Shields.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
To avoid sitting around and waiting for the news to break, Reitan slept in.
—The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Accumulated leaf litter, especially the leaf litter that sits around all winter, is a gold mine for many of these insects, providing nutrients, overwintering space, and a place to rear their young.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
Twenty diners sat around a circular table with a 360-degree projection of a Mediterranean food travelogue narrated by Brooke Shields.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
To avoid sitting around and waiting for the news to break, Reitan slept in.
—The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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