Did very little (5)
I believe the answer is:
idled
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">did very little</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(idle can mean to do very little work)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "(Of an engine) ran slowly out of gear" , "Was lazy" , "sat back" , "pottered" , "Wasted time" .)