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 Funfields Themepark sits about 25 miles north of downtown Melbourne.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
This region of gravitational balance sits about one million miles from Earth.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Truckee, California, sits about 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe, and it’s surrounded by ski resorts, including Sugar Bowl, Northstar, Palisades Tahoe, Boreal, and Downhill.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
In August, scientists revealed that another geological anomaly in the mantle — a mass of hot rock that sits about 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains range in New England — was formed about 80 million years ago when Greenland and North America split apart.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
This region of gravitational balance sits about one million miles from Earth.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Truckee, California, sits about 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe, and it’s surrounded by ski resorts, including Sugar Bowl, Northstar, Palisades Tahoe, Boreal, and Downhill.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
In August, scientists revealed that another geological anomaly in the mantle — a mass of hot rock that sits about 124 miles (200 kilometers) beneath the Appalachian Mountains range in New England — was formed about 80 million years ago when Greenland and North America split apart.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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