MILL AROUND/ABOUT (SOMETHING)


Meaning of MILL AROUND/ABOUT (SOMETHING) in English

mill around/about (something) phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ mill )

if a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpose:

Crowds of students were milling around in the street.

There were a lot of people milling around the entrance.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.