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to potter about or around

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  • potter about/around — DO NOTHING MUCH, fiddle about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around; Brit. informal muck about/around; N. Amer. informal putter about/around, lollygag. → potter …   Useful english dictionary

  • potter about — verb To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner. I like to relax pottering about the house doing this and that at the weekends. Syn: potter around See Also: potter …   Wiktionary

  • potter about — see potter around …   English dictionary

  • potter — meaning ‘to occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasurable way’, is normally used with about or around. Its inflected forms are pottered, pottering. In AmE the usual spelling is putter …   Modern English usage

  • Potter, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Potter, New York settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location within the state of New York pushpin mapsize = mapsize …   Wikipedia

  • potter around — or potter about PHRASAL VERB If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. [BRIT] [V P] I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat... [V P n] At weekends he would potter around… …   English dictionary

  • potter — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who makes pots, dishes etc out of clay see also: pottery 2 have a potter/go for a potter spoken to move around a place in a slow unhurried way 2 also potter about/around verb (I) BrE to spend time doing pleasant things that… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • potter around — verb To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner. I like to relax pottering around the house doing this and that at the weekends. Syn: potter about See Also: potter …   Wiktionary

  • potter — pot|ter1 [ˈpɔtə US ˈpa:tər] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1000 1100; Origin: pot] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: POTTER2] someone who makes pots, dishes etc out of clay potter 2 potter2 also potter about/around v …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • potter — [[t]pɒ̱tə(r)[/t]] potters, pottering, pottered N COUNT A potter is someone who makes pottery. Phrasal Verbs: potter around potter about …   English dictionary

  • potter around/about — [phrasal verb] Brit : to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important He spent his vacation pottering around [=(US) puttering around] the house/garden. • • • Main Entry: ↑potter …   Useful english dictionary

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