sit about
phrasal 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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Book said students at Elon’s Charlotte Regional Center will now be able to use facilities such as libraries and workout spaces at Queens, which sits about 3 miles away.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
The distant world, invisible to the naked eye, will be sitting about 5 degrees to the lower right of the moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The quasi-ghost town sits about 73 miles southwest of Boise, and still has a few operating businesses in the summer tourist season.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
The city sits about 20 minutes east of the University of Notre Dame.
—Mackenzie Matwick, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
The distant world, invisible to the naked eye, will be sitting about 5 degrees to the lower right of the moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The quasi-ghost town sits about 73 miles southwest of Boise, and still has a few operating businesses in the summer tourist season.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
The city sits about 20 minutes east of the University of Notre Dame.
—Mackenzie Matwick, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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