Usually means: Drift aimlessly without specific direction.
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  3. float around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (float around)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see float, around.
▸ verb:  (informal) To be nearby or available.

Similar:
float, move around, run around, kick around, go around, get around, flotate, look around, work around, push around, more...

Opposite:
settle, stay, remain, anchor, fix

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Similar:
float, move around, run around, kick around, go around, get around, flotate, look around, work around, push around, more...

Opposite:
settle, stay, remain, anchor, fix



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