bum around
informal — phrasal verb with bum /bʌm/ verb [T] (-mm-) slangDefinition
› to spend time being lazy and doing very little: I wish you'd stop bumming around and start looking for a job.Passive and not workingLaziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action
(Definition of bum around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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