sit about
phrasal verb
sat about; sitting about; sits about
chiefly British
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits about and does nothing while I do all the work.
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The solutions to these mysteries could reveal much about how the Andromeda Galaxy — which is the closest large spiral galaxy to us, sitting about 2.5 million light-years away — formed and developed.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The town sits about 20 miles south of Paradise, where the catastrophic Camp Fire killed more than 70 people in 2018.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 3 July 2024
The house of his brother and music industry executive Nathan sits about 4½ miles to the west of Riviera Country Club, which hosted the Genesis 60 times dating to 1929.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The incinerator site sits about 3 miles from the Trump National Doral, a golf resort owned by the president.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The town sits about 20 miles south of Paradise, where the catastrophic Camp Fire killed more than 70 people in 2018.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 3 July 2024
The house of his brother and music industry executive Nathan sits about 4½ miles to the west of Riviera Country Club, which hosted the Genesis 60 times dating to 1929.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The incinerator site sits about 3 miles from the Trump National Doral, a golf resort owned by the president.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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