at a loose end

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Prepositional phrase

at a loose end

  1. (chiefly UK) Idle; bored
    • 2021 August 25, Stefanie Foster, “Comment: A dumb way to die”, in RAIL, number 938, page 3:
      Once the schools break up for the holidays, children across the country are at a loose end and instances of kids doing stupid things on the railway become far too common.

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