lie around ( also lie about British English ) phrasal verb ( see also ↑ lie )
1 . lie around (something) if something is lying around, it has been left somewhere in an untidy way, rather than being in its proper place:
If you leave your shoes lying around like that, you’ll trip over them.
Papers and books lay around the room in complete chaos.
2 . if you lie around, you spend time lying down and not doing anything:
I felt so lazy just lying around on the beach all day.