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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As of this update, the hurricane currently sits about 500 miles southwest of Tampa, Fla., with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
The sill, which stretches across the mouth of the fjord for three miles, now sits about a thousand feet below sea level.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
McDonald's motel, which has been on the island since the 1970s, sits about a block from the beach.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
The potential tropical cyclone sits about 115 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
—Elisa Raffa, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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Angela Andaloro, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
The sill, which stretches across the mouth of the fjord for three miles, now sits about a thousand feet below sea level.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
McDonald's motel, which has been on the island since the 1970s, sits about a block from the beach.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
The potential tropical cyclone sits about 115 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
—Elisa Raffa, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Sit about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20about. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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