"louse around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-louse around.wav Forms: louses around [present, singular, third-person], lousing around [participle, present], loused around [participle, past], loused around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} louse around (third-person singular simple present louses around, present participle lousing around, simple past and past participle loused around)
  1. (British, slang) To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others. Tags: British, slang

Inflected forms

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        "To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
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        [
          "lazy",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(British, slang) To slack off; to be lazy or a parasite on others."
      ],
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