lie around

— Phrasal Verb with lie

/laɪ/ verb [I] (present participle lying, past tense lay, past participle lain)

Definition

REST informal › to spend time lying down and doing very little: We spent a week by the sea, lying around on the beach.

UNTIDY › If things are lying around, they are left in an untidy way in places where they should not be: He's always leaving money lying around.

(Definition of lie around from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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