bum around
Example Sentences
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“He just wanted to bum around and fish.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025
People were hitting the road to avoid a working life and trying to sort of bum around the country,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
And to this day I am grateful to those photographers and reporters who let me bum around in the back seat of that cruiser.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2019
“I want someone who is going to take care of the place and ideally, let me bum around here for a while.”
From Washington Times • May 22, 2016
"You will still be counting when dawn breaks in the east. How many fires bum around Riverrun tonight, I wonder?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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