mill around
UK also mill about— phrasal verb with mill uk/mɪl/us/mɪl/verb [ T ]
If a group of people mill around, they move around with no particular purpose or in no particular direction, sometimes while waiting for someone:
In the square, people were milling around in the sunshine.
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General words for movement
- betake
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- head
- locomotion
- manoeuvre
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- motility
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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Slow and moving slowly
Waiting