stand around

verb

stood around; standing around; stands around
: to stand without doing anything
People were standing around waiting to get inside the theater.

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Aside from Anderson, Paz and Méndez have moments of raw emotion in their scenes together, but Affleck and Washington never generate much heat, while Yeun mostly stands around looking shady. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Maybe go back to the drawing board with all those other dudes standing around. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 His future coach, Kyle Shanahan, was standing around with some of those same players in Denver’s locker room years earlier, as the son of Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 One grid of photographs features an array of people standing around bridges in sunny forests. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stand around

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“Stand around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20around. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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