fool around

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fool around

to waste time doing something without a particular purpose. It was a serious academic school, not a place to fool around.

Usage notes: often used in the negative to mean to not waste time but to act with a serious purpose: The coach was in no mood to fool around, and the team knew it.I've had to reorganize, redefine, & separate "fool around" from "fool around with sth" and "with sb" orig. combined in 2 entries, as the objects differ; also "mess around" etc.--SL, 12/02

Related vocabulary: fuck around

See also: around, fool

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Well, it's too many for ME, that's certain; must be a mighty long hole; however, I ain't got no time to fool around here, I got to "tend to business"; I reckon it's all right--chance it, anyway. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Only a chechaquo'd fool around that pasture long enough to fill a pan of dirt. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context More results

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