mess around

mess around
a) To fiddle idly.

The kids sat there messing around with leaves and blades of grass because they were bored.

b) To joke, kid, or play.

These guys dont mess around! They finished the whole job in ten minutes.


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  • mess around — [v] fiddle; goof off amuse oneself, dabble, dawdle, doodle, fool around, loiter, muck around*, play, play around, play the fool*, potter, puddle, putter, tinker, trifle; concepts 87,363 Ant. labor, toil, work …   New thesaurus

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  • mess around — phrasal verb mess about or mess around Word forms mess about : present tense I/you/we/they mess about he/she/it messes about present participle messing about past tense messed about past participle messed about British informal 1) [intransitive]… …   English dictionary

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  • mess around — v. (colloq.) (AE) (D; intr.) to mess around with * * * (colloq.) (AE) (D; intr.) to mess around with …   Combinatory dictionary

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