Idle
Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Usage example: she likes to idle during the summer, maintaining that there's a lot to be said for sloth
Plug
Plug verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: plugged away at solving the math problem
Common collocations
| butt | idle butt | plug butt |
Both words in one sentence
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The show's ratings, nothing much to begin with, plummeted and NBC mercifully pulled the plug.Ultimately, any show in which you can say Judd Nelson is wasted and replaced in its final season by a washed-up Eric Idle has little going for it.
Source: Series / Suddenly Susan
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