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.
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Brown sat around and watched other teams, particularly the Mariners, be aggressive and did nothing to try and compete with it.
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Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
And after sitting around for 48 hours on their beach weaving palm fronds and not doing a lot else, the tribe was probably bursting to do something — anything.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Ragans sat around 95 mph and was efficient in navigating the Angels’ lineup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Ensuring your plants have properly draining containers and properly draining soil will ensure water doesn’t sit around the roots.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
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Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
And after sitting around for 48 hours on their beach weaving palm fronds and not doing a lot else, the tribe was probably bursting to do something — anything.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Ragans sat around 95 mph and was efficient in navigating the Angels’ lineup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Ensuring your plants have properly draining containers and properly draining soil will ensure water doesn’t sit around the roots.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit around
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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