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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Trump had Elon Musk, probably the modern-day genius of clean-tech manufacturing, sitting around the West Wing for months and didn't even put him to work on this.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Once a week, a single mother and her two young children sit around a table to play a board game.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Being a Super Bowl champion and the Offensive Player of the Year is the top of the mountain for any NFL running back, but Saquon Barkley isn’t sitting around enjoying the view.
—Scott King, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
If a state legislature passes a law requiring its restaurants to maintain safe and sanitary conditions, its members are not sitting around deciding the correct food-storage temperatures.
—Paisley Currah, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Once a week, a single mother and her two young children sit around a table to play a board game.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Being a Super Bowl champion and the Offensive Player of the Year is the top of the mountain for any NFL running back, but Saquon Barkley isn’t sitting around enjoying the view.
—Scott King, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
If a state legislature passes a law requiring its restaurants to maintain safe and sanitary conditions, its members are not sitting around deciding the correct food-storage temperatures.
—Paisley Currah, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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