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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Then there was Ewers, sitting about 20 yards away across the Nicholls State practice field, being asked about Manning’s decision to remain his understudy. —

Larry Holder, The Athletic, 8 July 2024 Millersville sits about 15 miles north of Nashville, primarily in Sumner County, though a sliver of the city lies in Robertson County. —

Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 8 May 2024 Coppell Animal Services confirmed Wednesday that an alligator has found a home in the small city that sits about 22 miles northwest of Dallas. —

Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 12 July 2024 But perhaps their most resilient architectural achievement was the building of Machu Picchu, a citadel that sits about 8,000 feet in elevation in the Andes of southern Peru. —

Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sit about