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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However, at the end of January, the consensus estimate stood around $2.24 billion, which shows how Wall Street recalibrated its expectations as facts on the ground changed. Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025 By most accounts, Swift stands around one inch shorter than the Chiefs wide receiver. Chantz Martin, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025 Why not now, what with so many players’ idea of defense is standing around and admiring. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025 How many juveniles are standing around with a gun in their hand? Morgan Radford, NBC News, 15 Mar. 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 3 May. 2025.

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