stand around

English - Turkish

Definition of stand around in English Turkish dictionary

Bir yerde, bir iş yapmadan durmak

We stood around saying goodbye for a while.

Bir yerde beklemek, dikilmek ya da durmak

Please don't stand around. Get busy! Why are all these people standing around doing nothing?.

English - English

Definition of stand around in English English dictionary

Stand somewhere and not do anything:

We stood around saying goodbye for a while.

Hyphenation

stand a·round

Turkish pronunciation

ständ ıraun

Pronunciation

/ˈstand ərˈoun/ /ˈstænd ɜrˈaʊn/

Etymology

[ 'stand ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English standan; akin to Old High German stantan, stAn to stand, Latin stare, Greek histanai to cause to stand, set, histasthai to stand, be standing.