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lie around

phrasal verb with lie
 
 
/laɪ/ verb

Definition

to spend time lying down and doing very little: I spent a week in Spain, lying around on the beach.RecliningNot holding the body uprightPassive and not working
(Definition of lie around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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