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[fool around]
or [mess around] or [play around] or [monkey around]{v.}, {informal} 1. To spend
time playing, fooling, or joking insteadof being serious or working; waste time.
If you go to college, youmust work, not fool around.
The boys fooled
around all afternoonin the park.
Compare: CUT UP(2). To treat or handle
carelessly.
Bob cut himself by fooling around with a sharp knife.
Suzie
saysshe wishes John would quit playing around with the girls and getmarried.
3.
or [fiddle around] To work or do something in anirregular or unplanned way;
tinker.
Jimmy likes to monkey aroundwith automobile engines.
Alice is
fooling around with the piano inher spare time.
Compare: FUCK
AROUND.
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