SINCE 1828
rattle around
phrasal verbDefinition of rattle around
informal
: to live or spend time in a place that is very big
Her husband died last year, and now she's just rattling around in that huge house by herself. We rattled around Europe last summer.
—sometimes used figuratively An old song has been rattling around in my head all day.
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