sit around

A1 Topic:Entertainment & Leisure Phrasal verb

Base verb: sit

Meanings

1
verb
to spend time seated or remaining somewhere without much activity
Phrasal verb · Intransitive

sit around / sit around somewhere

Usage: People spend time idly in a place; an optional location follows around.

We sat around in the waiting room until the delayed bus finally arrived.
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
We sat around in the waiting room until the delayed bus finally arrived.
2
verb
to remain in a place without being used
Phrasal verb · Intransitive

something sits around / something sits around somewhere

Usage: Unused objects can be the subject. No direct object is used; an optional place says where the objects remain.

Old desks were sitting around in the storeroom because nobody needed them.
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
Old desks were sitting around in the storeroom because nobody needed them.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms sat aroundsits aroundsitting around

Related forms sit

Topics

Entertainment & Leisure

External links

# sit around

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to spend time seated or remaining somewhere without much activity
2. to remain in a place without being used

## Usage Notes
- to spend time seated or remaining somewhere without much activity: People spend time idly in a place; an optional location follows around.
- to remain in a place without being used: Unused objects can be the subject. No direct object is used; an optional place says where the objects remain.

## Examples
- We sat around in the waiting room until the delayed bus finally arrived.
- Old desks were sitting around in the storeroom because nobody needed them.
- We sat around in the waiting room until the delayed bus finally arrived.
- Old desks were sitting around in the storeroom because nobody needed them.

## Related Forms
- sit

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure

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