stand around

verb

stood around; standing around; stands around

: to stand without doing anything

People were standing around waiting to get inside the theater.

Examples of stand around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The sentencing hearing was held with Adams County sheriff’s deputies standing around the courtroom. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 July 2026

On Friday, the odds of this on Polymarket stood around 37%, which is far lower than early this summer, and moments this spring when the odds climbed over 80%. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Musk's net worth, which had soared above $1 trillion as of June 12, stood around $786 billion on Monday, according to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires Index. — Lora Kolodny,samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 July 2026

These picked up Gaffney as the deputies stood around the bed of the nude man. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for stand around

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