mill around

mill around
mill around & mill about
to wander or move around aimlessly within a small area. •

Everyone was milling around, looking for something to do.

The students milled about between classes.

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{v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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