"rattle around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rattles around [present, singular, third-person], rattling around [participle, present], rattled around [participle, past], rattled around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rattle around (third-person singular simple present rattles around, present participle rattling around, simple past and past participle rattled around)
  1. (informal) To take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious. Tags: informal Synonyms: rattle about
    Sense id: en-rattle_around-en-verb-fEXgnaEu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around)

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) To take up little space in a house or other building that one occupies; to live somewhere that is needlessly spacious."
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