bum around
informal— phrasal verb with bum uk/bʌm/us/bʌm/verb [ T ] -mm- slang
to spend time being lazy and doing very little:
I wish you'd stop bumming around and start looking for a job.
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Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- drift with the tide idiom
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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