sit around
verb
sat around; sitting around; sits around
: to spend time doing nothing useful
He sits around and does nothing while I do all the work.
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To see players announced and introduced after 10 minutes of pointless waiting and camera shots of team executives sitting around a table looking at laptops before clapping after every decision.
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Best Buy actually hit that milestone early, during the pandemic—but its sales sit around $42 billion today.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves starred in Lloyd’s revival as the two men who sit around and wait for Godot to show up.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Or, grab a DJI Osmo Action 6, which currently retails for under $400, while Insta360’s premium X5 sits around $550.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Best Buy actually hit that milestone early, during the pandemic—but its sales sit around $42 billion today.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves starred in Lloyd’s revival as the two men who sit around and wait for Godot to show up.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Or, grab a DJI Osmo Action 6, which currently retails for under $400, while Insta360’s premium X5 sits around $550.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Sit around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20around. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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