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to stand around
/stˈænd ɐɹˈaʊnd/
stand round
stand about
to stand around
01
to spend time standing in a place without doing anything purposeful or without having a particular reason to be there
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
around
Base verb
stand
Present tense
stand around
3rd person singular
stands around
Present participle
standing around
Past simple
stood around
Past participle
stood around
Examples
We had to stand around for an hour waiting for the bus to arrive.
