doss around

C1 slang intransitive

In simple words

To go from place to place doing nothing useful.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic slang

rare

To move around or spend time lazily with no particular purpose or goal.

"They spent the whole summer dossing around the city with nowhere to be."

Usage notes

British English slang, very similar to 'doss about'. Often implies wasting time by moving around aimlessly rather than staying in one place.

town house all day city afternoon

Base

doss around

I/you/we/they

3rd person

dosses around

he/she/it

Past simple

dossed around

yesterday

Past participle

dossed around

have + pp

-ing form

dossing around

continuous

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