roam around

roam around
roam about & roam around
to wander or range about freely. •

Stay where you are and don't roam about.

I'm too tired to roam around very much.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • roam around — wander, move about aimlessly, loiter …   English contemporary dictionary

  • roam — [rəum US roum] v 1.) [I and T] to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction →↑wander roam over/around/about etc ▪ The dogs are allowed to roam around. ▪ Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard. ▪ You… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • roam — [ roum ] verb intransitive or transitive to move or travel with no particular purpose: Young men roamed the streets brandishing guns. roam around: You ll have about three hours to roam around the town. roam free/wild: Bears still roam wild in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • roam — UK [rəʊm] / US [roʊm] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms roam : present tense I/you/we/they roam he/she/it roams present participle roaming past tense roamed past participle roamed to move or travel with no particular purpose Young men… …   English dictionary

  • roam — [[t]ro͟ʊm[/t]] roams, roaming, roamed VERB If you roam an area or roam around it, you wander or travel around it without having a particular purpose. [V n] Barefoot children roamed the streets... [V prep/adv] They re roaming around the country… …   English dictionary

  • roam — v. (P; intr.) to roam around town * * * [rəʊm] (P; intr.) to roam around town …   Combinatory dictionary

  • around — /əˈraʊnd / (say uh rownd) adverb 1. in a circle or sphere; round about; on every side. 2. here and there; about: to travel around. 3. with a circular movement: the wheels go around. 4. at or to a place understood, as a shop, a friend s house,… …  

  • roam — [v] wander about bum*, bum around*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road*, knock around*, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, struggle along, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond,… …   New thesaurus

  • roam — verb ADVERB ▪ free, freely ▪ The animals were allowed to roam free. ▪ widely ▪ the wild dog s instinct to roam widely ▪ aimlessly …   Collocations dictionary

  • roam — verb 1 (I, T) to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction (+ over/around/about etc): herds of wild deer roaming freely over the hills | roam the streets/hills etc: You shouldn t let your children roam the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • roam — Synonyms and related words: amble, bat, bat around, bum, circumambulate, count ties, cruise, dally, dawdle, divagate, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock… …   Moby Thesaurus

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