Daily life
sit around
spend time sitting without doing much
If you sit around, you spend time sitting and doing very little or only relaxed activities.
Hear it in real life
What did you do at the weekend?
Nothing special; we just sat around at home.
We sat around talking until nearly midnight.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We sat on the sofa talking all afternoon.
Say: We sat around talking all afternoon.
“Sit around” means spend time relaxing without doing much; “sit on” only says where you sat.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
sit around doing something; sit around and do something
Your turn: say it out loud
We sat around talking until nearly midnight.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sit around
spend time sitting without doing much
“We sat around talking until nearly midnight.”
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