| VERB | stative | footle, loiter, lounge, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | be about |
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| social | footle | act foolishly, as by talking / talking nonsense |
| Meaning | Be about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | loiter, lounge, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | |
| Narrower | prowl, lurch | loiter about, with no apparent aim |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Catalan | voltar | |
| Meaning | act foolishly, as by talking / talking nonsense. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |