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sat around

sat around is the simple past and past participle of sit around.

Meaning of sit around

Verb

sit around (third-person singular simple present sits around, present participle sitting around, simple past and past participle sat around)

  1. To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important.
    • "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied...2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 45

Questions about sat around

What is sat around the simple past and past participle of?
Sat around is the simple past and past participle of sit around.

Words near sat around in the dictionary

  1. sastruga
  2. sastrugi
  3. sastrugus
  4. sat
  5. sat about
  6. sat around
  7. sat back
  8. sat back on one's heels
  9. sat by
  10. sat diver
  11. sat divers

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