SIT AROUND meaning: Remain idle; not doing much - OneLook

Usually means: Remain idle; not doing much.

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sit around: Merriam-Webster.com
sit around: Vocabulary.com
sit around: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sit around: Wiktionary
sit around: Dictionary.com
sit around: Free Dictionary
sit around: Mnemonic Dictionary
sit around: Dictionary/thesaurus

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sit around: Encyclopedia

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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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