stand around
phrasal verbwithstandverbuk/stænd/us/stænd/stood|stood
informal(UKalsostand about,stand round)tospendtimestandingsomewhereand doing very little:
无所事事地站着Westoodaround in thecoldfor about anhour,waitingfor thedemotostart.我们在严寒中干站了约1个小时等演示开始。
to spend time doing nothing or very little
- lazeI can’t wait to go on holiday and just laze about on the beach.
- have time to killWe had some time to kill, so we went to the museum.
- have time on your handsShe should be able to volunteer at the animal shelter - she has time on her hands since graduating from uni.
- be at a loose endUKHe was at a loose end when his parents left on holiday.
- wait aroundWe were just waiting around while our friends ran inside to get tickets.
- hang around (somewhere)I'll just hang around until you get here.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- shirk
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- steer
- welch
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