Synonym of sat on one's hands

Verb

Past tense for to neglect helping when one’s time is needed most
fiddled while Rome burned fiddled while Rome burnt sat on one's thumbs

Verb

Past tense for to be idle or do nothing in particular
twiddled thumbs did nothing done nothing sat around hung about hung around hung round killed time wasted time had nothing to do sat it out not lifted a finger kicked your heels dawdled dallied idled loafed lazed lolled lounged frittered away time passed the time hacked around consumed time bummed hung out lazied idled away time vegged out kicked around filled in time goofed off whiled away the time idled away the hours kicked back chilled dillydallied lounged about lolled around relaxed chilled out messed around lazed about amused oneself footled did nothing in particular shilly-shallied droned done nothing in particular whiled away time lollygagged frittered away loitered burnt daylight burned daylight lounged around loafed around loafed about basked passed time lazed around lain around lay around fooled around waited vegetated slacked pottered skived goldbricked slowed down bummed around mooched around mooched about lingered tarried sauntered put off whiled away let down taken it easy marked time whiled away hours malingered stood around trifled lolled about stalled took it easy knocked around stayed remained abided abode dwelt dwelled drifted mooched unwound lied resided languished moldered boondoggled slouched batted about lain about strolled lay about horsed around haunted evaded bludged piddled around degenerated whiled away the hours roamed skulked slouched around rested on your oars hovered dilly-dallied slummocked daydreamed stuck around puttered sat back and do nothing hanged daydreamt frittered fannied about fooled with stagnated spent time fooled away piddled sat back whiled mouldered shirked played games vegged hung fooled about frittered time away dreamt dreamed lived piddled about bobbed off trifled with dossed slouched about taken things easy took things easy batted around gone to seed went to seed laid lay

Verb

Past tense for to decline to take a side or vote on something
abstained fence-sat stayed neutral sat on the fence not taken sides declined to vote refused to vote

Nearby Words

sat on one's thumbs sat on the fence sat on the throne sat on top of sat on your haunches sat on your heels sat on one's butt sat on fence sat on satnavs satnav sat it out

Antonym of sat on one's hands

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