stand about/around

— Phrasal Verb with stand

/stænd/ verb (past tense and past participle stood)

Definition

› to spend time standing somewhere and doing very little: They stood around waiting for the store to open.

(Definition of stand about/around from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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