"sit around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sits around [present, singular, third-person], sitting around [participle, present], sat around [participle, past], sat around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sit<,,sat> around}} sit around (third-person singular simple present sits around, present participle sitting around, simple past and past participle sat around)
  1. To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. Translations (sit idly): istuskella (Finnish), istuksia (Finnish), herumsitzen (German), rumsitzen (German), desideo (Latin), sedeo (Latin), moteko (Maori)
    Sense id: en-sit_around-en-verb-R8Zs1EK- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sit around meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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