bums around
Idles without purpose
To bum around is to spend time idly, without purpose or direction.
Someone bums around the house on a lazy Sunday or bums around Europe after college, drifting from place to place without a fixed plan: I spent my twenties just bumming around before I figured out what I wanted to do.
- loafingPassing time idly
- lazinessUnwillingness to exert oneself
- couch potatoHabitual sedentary TV watcher
- goofing offIdling instead of working
- shiftlessnessHabitual lack of ambition
slacking · taking it easy · dawdling · boredom · doing nothing · aimlessness · kicking back · hostels · no fixed address · irresponsibility · dilly-dallying · hanging out · train stations · road trip · gap year · indolence · escapism · meandering
bums aroundhustles
Moves quickly, or swindles
toils · labors · buckles down · applies oneself · plugs away
bums aroundknuckles down
Begins working earnestly
bears down · pulls one's weight · pitches in · chips in · contributes
bums aroundslaves away
Works extremely hard
strives · perseveres · bears down · digs in