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doss around

doss around verb: to be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.

Verb

doss around (third-person singular simple present dosses around, present participle dossing around, simple past and past participle dossed around)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.

Forms of doss around

third-person singular presentdosses around
present participledossing around
past participledossed around
pastdossed around

Questions about doss around

What does doss around mean?
Doss around means to be idle, to shirk one's work or duty.
What part of speech is doss around?
Doss around is a verb.
What is the past tense of doss around?
The past tense of doss around is dossed around.

Words near doss around in the dictionary

  1. Dosreises
  2. DOSRI
  3. DOSRIs
  4. doss
  5. doss about
  6. doss around
  7. doss down
  8. doss house
  9. doss houses
  10. doss off
  11. doss out

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