fidget around
(redirected from fidgeted around)fidget around
To compulsively move around in a nervous or restless manner. Mary, stop fidgeting around like that and sit still! My mother always fidgets around the house when we have company.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
fidget around
to wiggle and twitch nervously. The child sat there, fidgeting around for over ten minutes. Please don't fidget around so.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.