ponce around

ponce around
ˌponce a ˈbout ˌponce a ˈround [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ponce about he/she/it ponces about present participle poncing about past tense ponced about past participle ponced about] british very informal phrasal verb
to waste time, especially by appearing to be busy or popular
Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing unimportant thingssynonym
Main entry: ponce

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ˌponce aˈbout/aˈround derived
(usually used in the progressive tenses) (BrE, informal) to waste time when you are doing sth so that you achieve nothing; to do silly things in a way that looks ridiculous
Main entry:poncederived

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