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bum_around

bum around

English

Verb

bum around (third-person singular simple present bums around, present participle bumming around, simple past and past participle bummed around)

  1. (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.
    • 1974, "The Original Kojak," Time, 25 Nov.,
      Along the way, he dropped out of sight several times to bum around South America.

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