"laze around" meaning in English

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Verb

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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for laze around meaning in English (1.2kB)

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