Avoiding work (6)
(Other definitions for idling that I've seen before include "Being indolent" , "Not in gear; lazing around" , "Wasting time" , "spending lazy time?" , "Loafing or just ticking over" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">avoiding work</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "out of a job" , "Tick over like engine" , "Trivial" , "Mike" , "Useless" .)