"laze about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lazes about [present, singular, third-person], lazing about [participle, present], lazed about [participle, past], lazed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laze about (third-person singular simple present lazes about, present participle lazing about, simple past and past participle lazed about)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To do nothing in particular; to be idle. Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms: laze around, loaf, loaf about, loaf around
    Sense id: en-laze_about-en-verb-q4ab0nHI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

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