hack around

hack around

slang To behave foolishly or idly waste time. The employees were hacking around the office until the boss showed up. Quit hacking around and pay attention in class! Well, that was a waste of a day—I just hacked around instead of doing my taxes.

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hack around

Inf. to waste time. I'm just hacking around and doing nothing. Stop hacking around and get to work.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hack around

in. to waste time. I wanted to hack around for a year after college, but my finances disagreed.

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