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

Deer lay down a lot of clues, but not all of these are worth hanging stands around. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

In 1935, a horde of white people stood around as Rubin Stacy, a Black farmworker, was lynched in Plantation Florida. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Wax figures of Luke, Leia, Darth Vader and C-3PO stand around as if waiting to go through TSA before climbing aboard. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Everyone gets involved, and suddenly a few humble ingredients have become the reason your family and friends are standing around the kitchen for three hours. — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for stand around

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