bum around phrasal verb informal (
see also bum)
1. (
also bum about) to spend time lazily doing nothing
2. bum around something to travel around, living very cheaply, without having any plans:
He spent a year bumming around Australia. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
bum around v. phr.,
slang To aimlessly wander in no definite direction, like a vagabond.
Jim had been bumming around in the desert for three days and nights before he was able to remember how he got there in the first place. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲