stand around
phrasal verb
stood around; standing around; stands around
: to stand without doing anything
People were standing around waiting to get inside the theater.
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Around 400 remain in the Rano Raraku quarry, with the rest transported to stand around the perimeter of the island on stone platforms called ahu.
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In December 2024, this included American climbers Kurt Blair, 56, Carlos Romero, 50, who went missing on the mountain, which stands around 130 miles west of the city of Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
While this conversation and the subsequent polygraph test are going on, the other women stand around a bonfire.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Another video shows people standing around a white vehicle, some seemingly filming with their phones.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
In December 2024, this included American climbers Kurt Blair, 56, Carlos Romero, 50, who went missing on the mountain, which stands around 130 miles west of the city of Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
While this conversation and the subsequent polygraph test are going on, the other women stand around a bonfire.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Another video shows people standing around a white vehicle, some seemingly filming with their phones.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stand around
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“Stand around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20around. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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