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mess around and mess about
1. to waste time; to do something ineffectually. Stop messing around and get busy. I wish you wouldn't mess about so much. You waste a lot of time that way. 2. to play [with someone] sexually. Those two have been messing around. Pete was messing around with Maria during the summer. mess around (with something) and mess about (with something); monkey around (with something) 1. to play with or fiddle with something idly and with no good purpose. Don't mess around with the ashtray. You'll break it if you don't stop messing about with it. 2. to experiment with something; to use and learn about something. We had been messing about with some new video techniques when we made our discovery. The people in this lab are messing around with all kinds of polymers. mess around to waste time doing something without a particular purpose fool around The kids were just messing around at the mall. Usage notes: often used in the not mess around (to act with a serious purpose): Being a federal agent on the track of terrorists, Matt doesn't mess around. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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