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BUM AROUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bum around mean?
• BUM AROUND (verb)
The verb BUM AROUND has 1 sense:
1. be lazy or idle
Familiarity information: BUM AROUND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be lazy or idle
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
arse about; arse around; bum; bum about; bum around; frig around; fuck off; loaf; loll; loll around; lounge about; lounge around; waste one's time
Context example:
Her son is just bumming around all day
Hypernyms (to "bum around" is one way to...):
idle; laze; slug; stagnate (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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