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mess around with

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mess around with someone

1. to have sex with someone other than your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner. She found out that her husband was messing around with her best friend.

2. to treat someone badly. He was always messing around with her, and she was right to leave him.

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mess around with something

to amuse yourself by doing or saying something that is likely to cause trouble. I don't know if I'm dealing with a 14-year-old messing around with a computer or if I'm dealing with organized crime.

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