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rattle around in in American English to live or work in (a house, office, etc.) that is too big for one's needs See full dictionary entry for rattle Examples of 'rattle around in' in a sentencerattle around in As it turned out, the top-hats still had ample space to rattle around in an attendance that mirrored the magnified dissatisfactions of last year.Although doubtless beloved by many who rattle around in them, they are now commercially unviable and out ofplace within such a prestigious facility.There are always bits of fruit rattling around in my bag.And they had all those phrases rattling around in their heads.He's probably had the phrase rattling around in his head for weeks.It's clear that it's been rattling around in her head for some time.But that novel did keep rattling around in my head.The study suggests increasingly few older parents are 'empty nesters', rattling around in large family homes with no one to look after. |