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stand around

/stænd əˈraʊnd/

stand aroundverb

stood around

Past Simple

stood around

Past Participle

standing around

Gerund

/stænd əˈraʊnd/

Translations

стоять без дела

They just stand around and do nothing all day.

Они просто стоят без дела и ничего не делают весь день.

Definitions

To remain in a place without doing anything productive or purposeful.

The workers were just standing around, waiting for instructions from their supervisor.

Synonyms

hang around

wait around