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What is another word for sat on one's hands?

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Verb
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Past tense for to neglect helping when one’s time is needed most
fiddled while Rome burned
fiddled while Rome burnt
disregarded
ignored
neglected
sat on one's thumbs
Verb
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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
fooled around
passed time
bummed around
mooched around
lazed around
loafed around
loafed about
lingered
waited
vegetated
slacked
pottered
skived
goldbricked
puttered around
slowed down
basked
dilly-dallied
lain around
trifled
fiddled around
stalled
lay around
mooched about
pottered around
tarried
fribbled
sauntered
procrastinated
put off
monkeyed around
horsed around
whiled away
let down
taken it easy
goofed around
marked time
whiled away hours
puttered
malingered
stood around
fooled about
doodled
lolled about
took it easy
knocked around
stayed
remained
abided
abode
twiddled
dwelt
dwelled
drifted
mooched
unwound
lied
languished
molderedUS
boondoggled
slouched
batted about
lain about
slacked off
strolled
fiddled
lay about
haunted
evaded
bludged
piddled around
degenerated
whiled away the hours
roamed
faffed about
skulked
slouched around
rested on your oars
hovered
slummocked
daydreamed
stuck around
sat back and do nothing
hanged
daydreamt
frittered
fannied about
fooled with
stagnated
spent time
fooled away
piddled
sat back
whiled
moulderedUK
shirked
played games
vegged
puddled
hung
frittered time away
dreamtUK
mucked about
diddled around
dreamedUS
puddled around
lived
piddled about
played
bobbed off
trifled with
dossed
slouched about
resided
taken things easy
took things easy
batted around
gone to seed
went to seed
laid
lay
Verb
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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
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