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lush around

C1 slang inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To spend time relaxing and enjoying life in a comfortable or even overly luxurious way.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic slang

To spend time idling or relaxing in a luxurious or indulgent manner.

"They spent the whole holiday just lushing around the villa pool."

Grammar: inseparable
2 C1 idiomatic slang

(Of a heavy drinker) To wander or spend time drinking excessively in various places.

"He'd been lushing around the bars on that street for years."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Rare and highly informal. Can mean to lounge or idle about, or to enjoy oneself in a luxurious way. In some British dialects, 'lush' is an adjective meaning very good or luxurious (especially in Welsh English), so 'lush around' can mean to bask in luxury. Also occasionally used to describe a heavy drinker (a 'lush') spending time drinking.

Commonly used with

house pool all day resort beach

Forms

Base
lush around
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lushes around
he/she/it
Past simple
lushed around
yesterday
Past participle
lushed around
have + pp
-ing form
lushing around
continuous

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Synonyms

lounge around laze about loaf around idle about luxuriate

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