sit around

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sit around

verb sits around · sitting around · sat around

To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied,

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verb sit idly

Deutsch	herumsitzen, rumsitzen
Tiếng Việt	ngồi không

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@misc{sit_around_2026,
  title = {sit around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sit%20around},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}