float around

float around
phrasal verb [intransitive]
Word forms "float around":
present tense I/you/we/they float around he/she/it floats around present participle floating around past tense floated around past participle floated around spoken
1) if something is floating around, you have seen it somewhere near but you are not certain where it is

There's a pen floating around here somewhere.

2) if an idea is floating around, it has been suggested but not yet considered

We have various issues floating around that we need to discuss.


English dictionary. 2014.

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