"loaf around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-loaf around.ogg Forms: loafs around [present, singular, third-person], loafing around [participle, present], loafed around [participle, past], loafed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} loaf around (third-person singular simple present loafs around, present participle loafing around, simple past and past participle loafed around)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to do nothing in particular, be idle. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: laze about, laze around, loaf, loaf about, veg out

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Thanks for coming on such short notice to clean my house. I'm just going to loaf around while you work, but I'll let you know if you're in my way.",
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        "to do nothing in particular, be idle."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to do nothing in particular, be idle."
      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "laze around"
        },
        {
          "word": "loaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "loaf about"
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        {
          "word": "veg out"
        }
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        "present",
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        "to do nothing in particular, be idle."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to do nothing in particular, be idle."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "laze about"
    },
    {
      "word": "laze around"
    },
    {
      "word": "loaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "loaf about"
    },
    {
      "word": "veg out"
    }
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