- stand around
- stand aroundto wait around, standing; to loiter. •
Please don't stand around. Get busy!
•Why are all these people standing around doing nothing?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
stand around
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stand about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms stand about : present tense I/you/we/they stand about he/she/it stands about present participle standing about past tense stood about past participle stood about British same as stand around … English dictionary
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