sit about
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 islands, which sit about 2,485 miles (4,000 kilometers) southwest of mainland Australia have long been an isolated sanctuary for breeding birds and marine mammals.
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Born from Dolly Parton’s lifelong love of the open road and her childhood spent in the hills of East Tennessee, Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop will open June 24 in the town of Cornersville, which sits about an hour south of Nashville.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
On June 16, a thin waxing crescent moon joins the evening planet trio and sits about 3 degrees above and slightly to the left of Mercury and about 5 degrees to the right and slightly below Jupiter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Heredia sits about a half hour from San Jose.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
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Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Born from Dolly Parton’s lifelong love of the open road and her childhood spent in the hills of East Tennessee, Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop will open June 24 in the town of Cornersville, which sits about an hour south of Nashville.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
On June 16, a thin waxing crescent moon joins the evening planet trio and sits about 3 degrees above and slightly to the left of Mercury and about 5 degrees to the right and slightly below Jupiter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Heredia sits about a half hour from San Jose.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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