"doss about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dosses about [present, singular, third-person], dossing about [participle, present], dossed about [participle, past], dossed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} doss about (third-person singular simple present dosses about, present participle dossing about, simple past and past participle dossed about)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-doss_about-en-verb-6kiVuUC2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for doss about meaning in English (1.1kB)

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