| VERB | stative | mess about, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | be about |
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| Meaning | Be about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | |
| Narrower | prowl, lurch | loiter about, with no apparent aim |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | acechar, dar vueltas, demorarse, entretenerse, holgazanear, merodear, perder el tiempo, permanecer, pulular, quedarse, vagar | |
| Catalan | demorar-se, dropejar, entretenir-se, gandulejar, pul·lular, voltar | |
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