Usually means: Remain idle; not doing much.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word sit around:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sit around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sit around: Merriam-Webster
  3. sit around: Vocabulary.com
  4. sit around: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sit around: Wiktionary
  6. sit around: Dictionary.com
  7. sit around: FreeDictionary.org
  8. sit around: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. sit around: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit around: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit around: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sit around)

▸ verb:  To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important.

Similar:
sit about, tool around, sit by, laze around, loiter, hang, dawdle, fiddle about, laze, pal around, more...

Opposite:
be active, be productive, be busy, be engaged, be occupied

Phrases:
they don't just sit around, sit around and do nothing, sit around in anticipation of, more...

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Similar:
sit about, tool around, sit by, laze around, loiter, hang, dawdle, fiddle about, laze, pal around, more...

Opposite:
be active, be productive, be busy, be engaged, be occupied

Phrases:
they don't just sit around, sit around and do nothing, sit around in anticipation of, more...



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