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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This cemetery sits about a third of a mile from Cornell Orchards, giving the bees easy access to early spring blooms.
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
During a typical indoor class, children sit about 84% of the time.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2-to-1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2 to 1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
During a typical indoor class, children sit about 84% of the time.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2-to-1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2 to 1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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