Usually means: Wander aimlessly for leisure, relaxation.
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  1. bum around: Merriam-Webster
  2. bum around: Vocabulary.com
  3. bum around: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. bum around: Wiktionary
  5. bum around: Dictionary.com
  6. bum around: Rhymezone
  7. bum around: FreeDictionary.org
  8. bum around: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. bum around: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. bum around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bum around: Encyclopedia

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  1. bum around: Idioms

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  1. bum around: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Bum Around: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bum around)

▸ verb:  (transitive and intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

Similar:
arse around, loll, arse about, loaf, bum about, frig around, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, kick around, more...

Opposite:
be productive, work, be industrious, be active, be busy

Phrases:
to bum around, more...

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Similar:
arse around, loll, arse about, loaf, bum about, frig around, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, kick around, more...

Opposite:
be productive, work, be industrious, be active, be busy

Phrases:
to bum around, more...



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