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stand around

VERB
hang about/hang around/hang out
Synonyms
WEAK
abide affect dally frequent get along with haunt have relations with linger live loiter reside resort roam spend time swell tarry waste time
VERB
laze
Synonyms
STRONGEST
loiter loll saunter
STRONG
bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick lie loaf lounge malinger piddle relax shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate
WEAK
be inactive be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around do nothing fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down take it easy twiddle thumbs waste time while away hours
Antonyms
STRONG
do face meet
VERB
loaf
Synonyms
STRONGEST
laze loll
STRONG
bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick idle lie loiter lounge malinger piddle relax saunter shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate
WEAK
be inactive be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down take it easy twiddle thumbs waste time while away hours
Antonyms
STRONG
do face hurry meet run rush
WEAK
achieve energize labor work hard

Example Sentences

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While a Wednesday rate cut is baked in, the odds of another quarter-point reduction in borrowing costs in January stand around 20% and barely get above coin-flip territory through the first half of next year.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

He can be seen holding his right leg, apparently in pain as multiple federal agents stand around and a crowd gathers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

“We stand around and we watch Claude, and we talk about what Claude’s doing and oftentimes Claude’s just being a cute little interesting guy,” said Margaret Vo, Anthropic’s head of user education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2025

They stand around in combat fatigues, holding their rifles and listening intently as she describes how the family's belongings were thrown into the street.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Emma and some of the other girls stand around Rachel so she is in the middle of a circle and they are all staring at her.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine