arse about/around
UK offensive— phrasal verb with arse uk/ɑːs/us/ɑːrs/verb
to act in a silly way or waste time:
I wish he'd stop arsing around and actually do some work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- drift with the tide idiom
- float
- idle
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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