sit about
phrasal verb
sat about; sitting about; sits about
chiefly British
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits about and does nothing while I do all the work.
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The reservation sits about 65 miles southeast of Billings and is near the former site of Sitting Bull's camp, on Garryowen bend of the Little Bighorn River, according to the city's website.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
William Floyd Middle School sits about a mile east of Mastic, where Castillo-Garcia was arrested.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Concord, Massachusetts, where the school is located, sits about 25 miles northwest of Boston.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Below each eye, a separate set of sensors sits about two inches beneath the lower eyelid.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
William Floyd Middle School sits about a mile east of Mastic, where Castillo-Garcia was arrested.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Concord, Massachusetts, where the school is located, sits about 25 miles northwest of Boston.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Below each eye, a separate set of sensors sits about two inches beneath the lower eyelid.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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