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potter around

/ˈpɒt.ər əˈraʊnd/

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verb

/ˈpɒt.ər əˈraʊnd/B2formalbritish
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения проведения времени за мелкими, приятными или неважными делами без определённой цели, часто в неторопливой манере.

A phrasal verb used to indicate spending time doing small, pleasant, or unimportant tasks without a specific purpose, often in a leisurely or unhurried manner.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, no object

  1. Engage in casual activityinformalbritish

    To spend time doing small, pleasant, and often unproductive tasks in a relaxed way.

    ruЗаниматься мелкими делами

    • On Sundays, I like to potter around the garden.
    • She spent the afternoon pottering around the house.
    • He was pottering around in the shed, fixing old tools.

    Synonymsdabblemess aboutmess aroundputterputter aroundtinker

    Antonymshustlelaborstrivetoilwork

Forms
  • potted around past participle
  • potted around past simple
  • pottering around present participle
  • potters around third person singular

Base verbpotter

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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