Phr V
float about
floats, floating, floated
float about/around
if an idea or story floats about, it is discussed or repeated by a lot of peopleRumours about his condition had been floating about for a long time.
be floating about/around
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always in continuous tenses)
if you say something is floating around, you mean that you have seen it somewhere, but you do not know exactly where it isI'm sure I saw your list floating around somewhere.