bum about

bum about
phrasal verb bum around or bum about
Word forms "bum around":
present tense I/you/we/they bum around he/she/it bums around present participle bumming around past tense bummed around past participle bummed around informal
1) [intransitive] to spend time relaxing and doing nothing

It's nice to have a day off to just bum around.

2) bum around something
[intransitive/transitive] to spend time travelling around a place without having any particular plans about where you will go next

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