Phrase guide
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verb
To loaf around, relax, hang out; to be distracted or dreamy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: chill out, veg out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Synonym of jell (“gel, set”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: jell
Antonyms: none provided
History
Uncertain. Plausibly a eggcorn from, or a humorously intentional alteration of, chill out. Alternatively, perhaps a figurative extension from the gelatin-related sense, as gelatins are allowed to rest while they set up, and their setting up involves stasis and calm.
Phrasal verb with particle, denotatively equaling the nonphrasal counterpart (in at least one sense or subsense thereof), which is a phenomenon with many instances (for example, dry out and dry, shrivel up and shrivel, sit down and sit).
