bum around/about (somewhere)

informal — phrasal verb with bum

/bʌm/ verb [T] (-mm-) slang

Definition

› to travel around in different places or in a particular area, with no plans, no job, and little money: After college she spent a year bumming around the States.Travelling

(Definition of bum around/about (somewhere) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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