fool around
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Verb
[edit]fool around (third-person singular simple present fools around, present participle fooling around, simple past and past participle fooled around)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
- (intransitive) To waste time.
- (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
- Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
- (intransitive, informal) To engage in adultery; to play around.
Translations
[edit]to engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around (idiomatic)
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to behave in a thoughtless or irresponsible way
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to waste time
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