- linger around
- linger aroundto wait around; to be idle some place. •
Don't linger around. Get going!
•All the students were lingering around, waiting until the last minute to go into the building.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
linger around
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linger — [v1] loiter, delay amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drift, falter, fool around*, fritter away*, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke,… … New thesaurus
linger — 01. A couple of students always [linger] after class to ask questions. 02. The smell of her perfume [lingered] in the air long after she had left the room. 03. I would rather die quickly and painlessly than [linger] on and suffer. 04. A lot of… … Grammatical examples in English
Linger in Shadows — Infobox VG title= Linger in Shadows caption = developer = Plastic publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment distributor = Sony Computer Entertainment designer = Michal Staniszewski, Marco Siegel, Wojciech Golczewski, Michal Witaszek, Krzysztof… … Wikipedia
linger — Synonyms and related words: abide, amble, await, bide, bide the issue, carry on, cease not, continue, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, dither, doodle, drag, drag along, drag on, drift, dwell on, elaborate, endure, fall… … Moby Thesaurus
linger — verb 1) the crowd lingered Syn: wait (around), stand (around), remain, loiter; informal stick around, hang around/round 2) the infection can linger for years Syn: persist, continue, remain, stay, endure … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
linger — [[t]lɪ̱ŋgə(r)[/t]] lingers, lingering, lingered 1) VERB When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected. [V adv/prep] The scent of her perfume lingered on in the… … English dictionary
linger — verb 1) the crowd lingered for a long time Syn: wait around, stay, remain, wait, stay put; loiter, dawdle, dally, take one s time; informal stick around, hang around, hang on; archaic tarry Ant: leave 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
linger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. delay, dally, loiter, dawdle, poke; remain, persist. See lateness, durability, slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To go reluctantly] Syn. tarry, stay, wait, saunter, lag, trail, hesitate, delay, plod … English dictionary for students
linger — v 1. loiter, tarry, stay, wait, remain, Sl. hang around, Sl. stick around; continue, persist, stay on, endure, abide, persevere, hang on. 2. dawdle, delay, lag, procrastinate, put off, dally, shirk, Sl. goof off. 3. loll, idle, Inf. lallygag,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hang around — linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with … English contemporary dictionary
hang around — verb be about (Freq. 7) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
