rattle around
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rattled around; rattling around; rattles around
Definition 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 figurativelyAn old song has been rattling around in my head all day.
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