lingerer

linger around

to wait around; to be idle some place. Don't linger around. Get going! All the students were lingering around, waiting until the last minute to go into the building.

See also: around

linger on

to remain for a long time; to exist longer than would have been thought. This cold of mine just keeps lingering on. Some of the guests lingered on for a long time after the party was over.

linger on (after someone or something) and stay on (after someone or something)

to outlast someone or something; to live longer than someone else or long after an event. Aunt Sarah lingered on only a few months after Uncle Herman died. She lingered on and was depressed for a while.

linger on something

to delay moving on to the next thing; to remain at something and not move on. Don't linger on that one problem so long. I don't want to waste a lot of time lingering on this question.

linger over something

1. to take too much time or idle over something, such as a meal, a cup of coffee, etc. I could linger over coffee all morning, given the chance. Don't linger over your soup. It will get cold.

2. to dawdle over the doing of something. You shouldn't linger over eating your dinner. It would he best not to linger over making up your mind.

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IAEve travelled the world, seen the forgotten silos on the plains, the rusting railroad cars, the forbidding watchtowers, the scavengers in the garbage, the fatigue-smudged faces, the refugees sprawled on the school room floor, the lonely lingerers, the freighters hardening the horizon, the beautiful and the damned. Hope That Ennobles by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) I'm texting some people and there's a few lingerers, but no one serious. SHE'S GOT THE LOTT; TEEN SUPERSTAR PIXIE LOTT PREPARES TO RELEASE HER ... by The Mirror (London, England) Staring at the ruins of the village they send their Sudanese nurse to talk with a few of the lingerers, to offer blankets and plastic sheeting for shelter. Forced return by DuBois, Marc / Confrontation	limb limber up limelight limit limit to limp-wristed line line of least resistance line on line own pocket line pockets line up line up against line up alongside line up behind line up for line up in line up on line up with line with linen linger linger around linger on linger over lingerer link link to link up link up to lion lion's share of lions lip lips are sealed liquid liquid refreshment liquor liquor up list list among list as list off list to a direction listen listen for listen in listen to listen to reason listen up litmus	lingas Lingayat Lingayatism Lingayats Lingayen Gulf Lingayen Gulf lingberry lingcod lingcod lingcods lingcods Lingel Lingelbach, Johannes lingenberry Lingence Lingenfelter Performance Engineering linger linger linger Linger And Die linger around linger on linger on linger over linger over lingered lingered lingered lingered over lingered over lingerer lingerers lingerers lingerie Lingerie Football League Lingerie Shops of America lingering lingering lingering lingering over lingering over lingeringly lingeringly lingeringly lingers lingers lingers lingers over lingers over Linget Lingga Archipelago Lingga Archipelago Lingga Islands Linggadjati Agreement of 1947 Linggajati Lingis, Iuozas Lingis, Iuozas Ionovich Lingism Lingistics Lingistics Lingistics

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IAEve travelled the world, seen the forgotten silos on the plains, the rusting railroad cars, the forbidding watchtowers, the scavengers in the garbage, the fatigue-smudged faces, the refugees sprawled on the school room floor, the lonely lingerers, the freighters hardening the horizon, the beautiful and the damned.

Hope That Ennobles by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

I'm texting some people and there's a few lingerers, but no one serious.

SHE'S GOT THE LOTT; TEEN SUPERSTAR PIXIE LOTT PREPARES TO RELEASE HER ... by The Mirror (London, England)

Staring at the ruins of the village they send their Sudanese nurse to talk with a few of the lingerers, to offer blankets and plastic sheeting for shelter.

Forced return by DuBois, Marc / Confrontation

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