doss around

doss around

To waste time; to shirk one's work or responsibility by doing something unproductive. Primarily heard in UK. There's no way we'll get this project finished on time if everyone keeps dossing about like this! I should have been working on my paper all weekend long, but instead, I just dossed about playing videogames.
See also: around, doss
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • doss
  • doss about
  • faff
  • faff about
  • faff around
  • fanny about
  • fanny around
  • lie down on the job
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You give us education, all we do is get drunk at university, then doss around the world before settling back in the bosom of our parent's comfy abode.
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This movie is about a group of us with loads of money, who kinda doss around."
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