lie around
UK also lie about— phrasal verb with lie uk/laɪ/us/laɪ/verb
If things are lying around, they are left in places where they should not be:
Has anyone seen my keys lying around?
I wouldn't leave any money lying around the office if I were you.
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- ragtag
- squalid
- streaky
- tangle
- tangled
- tarnish
- tousled
- unclean
- unkempt
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to spend time lying down and doing very little:
I spent a week in Spain, lying around on the beach.
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Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie back
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sink into sth
- sit
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- sup
- supinate
- supination
- supine
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