mill around
(UK also mill about) — phrasal verb with mill /mɪl/ verb [T]Definition
› If a group of people mill around, they move about with no particular purpose or in no fixed direction, sometimes while waiting for someone: In the village square, people were milling about in the sunshine.General words for movementSlow and moving slowlyWaitingStaying and remaining
(Definition of mill around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- await verb
- hang around (somewhere) phrasal verb
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