crouch around

crouch around

To move around while squatting. A: "Why are you crouching around your office?" B: "Ugh, I lost an earring."
See also: around, crouch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crouch around

[for people or other creatures] to stoop or squat within an area. Everyone crouched around, hoping the bomb would fall somewhere else. The baboons i crouched around, grooming one another.
See also: around, crouch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • crouch
  • find way around
  • fly around
  • collect around
  • collect around (someone or something)
  • gallivant around
  • bomb around
  • go around and around
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
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