not get/go anywhere
informalB2 If you are not getting/going anywhere, you are not improving or advancing a particular situation:
I've been sorting out my study all day, but it's such a mess I don't feel I'm getting anywhere.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- laze
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- out of action idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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