fool around

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fool around

to waste time doing something unnecessary or doing something amateurishly. Stop fooling around and clean your room as I told you. I wish you didn't spend so much time fooling 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			folding money folk folks follow follow about follow heart follow in footsteps follow in tracks follow lead follow nose follow on follow orders follow out follow suit follow the crowd follow through follow to the ends of the earth follow up follow up with foment trouble fond of food food for thought fool fool and his money are soon parted fool around fool around with fool into Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me fool with fool's paradise foolish Fools rush in Fools rush in where angels fear to tread foot foot in both camps foot the bill foot-in-mouth disease football foothold footloose footloose and fancy-free footsie footstep for a change for a kick-off for a lark and on a lark for a living for a price for a song for a spin			Foodstuffs Foodstuffs Foodstuffs of Plant Origin Foodstuffs, Chemicals and Cosmetics Directorate Foody FOOF foofaraw Foofle Foofle Foofle Foofoo FOOG FOOGLMOG foogol FOOH FOOI FOOIS FOOK Fookwit Pink Minkis fool fool fool fool fool fool fool Fool & his Money fool about or fool around Fool and Boob fool and his money are soon parted fool around Fool around with Fool At Terminal fool away fool away fool away fool file Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Fool In Love fool into Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me Fool on the Hill fool with fool's fool's fool's cap Fool's Cicely fool's errand fool's errands Fool's fire Fool's fire fool's gold fool's gold fool's gold fool's huckleberry Fool's mate fool's mushroom fool's paradise fool's paradise fool's paradises fool's parsley

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