sit around
phrasal verb
sat around; sitting around; sits around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.
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Neither of them is going to sit around dithering.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Eight 3-year-olds sit around a table eating pretzels and hummus.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
There’s no time to sit around and do anything but go back to work and go get better.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Typical high temperatures for the last week of October sit around 85 degrees and lows near 60.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Eight 3-year-olds sit around a table eating pretzels and hummus.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
There’s no time to sit around and do anything but go back to work and go get better.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Typical high temperatures for the last week of October sit around 85 degrees and lows near 60.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sit around
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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