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sitting around

sitting around is the present participle and gerund 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 sitting around

What is sitting around the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting around is the present participle and gerund of sit around.

Words near sitting around in the dictionary

  1. sittin'
  2. sittine
  3. sittines
  4. sitting
  5. sitting about
  6. sitting around
  7. sitting back
  8. sitting back on one's heels
  9. sitting by
  10. sitting down
  11. sitting duck

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