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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 idleplay

  Familiarity information: BUM AROUND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUM AROUND (verb)


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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