lie around (
also lie about British English)
phrasal verb (
see also lie)
1. lie around (something) if something is lying around, it has been left somewhere in an untidy way, rather than being in its proper place:
If you leave your shoes lying around like that, you’ll trip over them. Papers and books lay around the room in complete chaos.2. if you lie around, you spend time lying down and not doing anything:
I felt so lazy just lying around on the beach all day. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲