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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The Town of Labrador City, in the northwestern part of the province, is remote and sits about 900 miles north of Canada’s capital city of Ottawa.
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Amanda Musa, CNN, 13 July 2024
Granbury sits about an hour southwest of Fort Worth in Hood County, which houses a mostly rural and Republican population of about 65,000 people.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
One, however, sits about 15 minutes outside of city limits, at the intersection of Jackson Road and Eagles Nest Road just south of Mather.
—Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
Bakhmut, which sits about 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of Chasiv Yar, fell to Russia at a huge cost to its troops in May 2023, after many months of intense fighting.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 July 2024
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Amanda Musa, CNN, 13 July 2024
Granbury sits about an hour southwest of Fort Worth in Hood County, which houses a mostly rural and Republican population of about 65,000 people.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
One, however, sits about 15 minutes outside of city limits, at the intersection of Jackson Road and Eagles Nest Road just south of Mather.
—Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
Bakhmut, which sits about 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of Chasiv Yar, fell to Russia at a huge cost to its troops in May 2023, after many months of intense fighting.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 July 2024
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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