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stood around

stood around is the simple past and past participle of stand around.

Meaning of stand around

Verb

stand around (third-person singular simple present stands around, present participle standing around, simple past and past participle stood around)

  1. (intransitive) To stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.
    • Why are some people working and some are standing around?

Questions about stood around

What is stood around the simple past and past participle of?
Stood around is the simple past and past participle of stand around.

Words near stood around in the dictionary

  1. stonyheartedness
  2. stood
  3. stood a chance
  4. stood and delivered
  5. stood apart
  6. stood around
  7. stood aside
  8. stood at attention
  9. stood back
  10. stood behind
  11. stood between

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