sit around

phrasal verb

sat around; sitting around; sits around

: to spend time doing nothing useful

He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.

Examples of sit around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Games will take place over three days, ensuring the teams that received a bye don’t have to sit around for too long. —Zach Powell, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

Carson Beck didn’t use the Miami Hurricanes’ first bye week of the season to sit around and rest. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025

Ray’s brother, Jem (Sean Bean), has shown up to reconnect, and for a long time these two sit around not saying very much, pouring drinks and scowling at each other, at one point getting their ya-yas out with a midnight rock ‘n’ roll dance, then scowling some more. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025

My question is how to get the most out of this reunion without sitting around rehashing old issues/resentments and complaining about our parents, especially our mother. —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for sit around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background