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bum

2 verb
     
bum2 past tense and past participle bummed, present participle bumming [transitive] British English informal
to ask someone for something such as money, food, or cigarettes [= cadge]:
She bummed a little cash off me.

bum around

phrasal verb
1 also bum about to spend time lazily doing nothing
2

bum around something

to travel around, living very cheaply, without having any plans:
He spent a year bumming around Australia.
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