sit around
phrasal verb
sat around; sitting around; sits around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.
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Ensuring your plants have properly draining containers and properly draining soil will ensure water doesn’t sit around the roots.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
In the Americanized version, four players sit around a table with 152 colorful tiles.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Everyone is sitting around and preparing for the season to commence; however, the same cannot be said for the Golden State Warriors at this point.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Fantasy heroes don’t sit around for 60 minutes debating what to do.
—Jake Ciely, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
In the Americanized version, four players sit around a table with 152 colorful tiles.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Everyone is sitting around and preparing for the season to commence; however, the same cannot be said for the Golden State Warriors at this point.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Fantasy heroes don’t sit around for 60 minutes debating what to do.
—Jake Ciely, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit around
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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