mope around

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to move or spend time aimlessly while feeling unhappy

   Phrasal verb · Intransitive

   mope around / mope around somewhere

   Usage: The unhappy person is the subject. An optional place follows around: mope around the house.

   He spent the rainy afternoon moping around the empty house.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   He spent the rainy afternoon moping around the empty house.

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