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hack (around)

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Synonyms & Antonyms of hack (around)

to spend time doing nothing

would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around

Synonyms for hack (around)

bum,
chill,
dally,
dawdle,
dillydally,
drone,
footle,
goof (off),
hang (around or out),
hang about
[British],
idle,
kick around,
kick back,
laze,
lazy,
loaf,
loll,
lounge,
veg out

Words Related to hack (around)

fiddle (around),
fool,
mess,
monkey,
muck,
piddle,
play,
potter (around),
putter (around),
trifle

doze,
estivate
(also aestivate),
hibernate

lag,
linger,
loiter,
poke,
relax,
rest,
tarry

amble,
mosey,
saunter,
stroll,
swan

furlough,
goldbrick,
malinger,
truant

Phrases Synonymous with hack (around)

kill time,
twiddle one's thumbs

Near Antonyms for hack (around)

drudge,
grind,
grub,
hump,
hustle,
labor,
moil,
peg,
plod,
plow,
plug,
slave,
sweat,
toil,
travail,
work

apply,
buckle (down)

exert,
put out

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