goof around

goof around

To engage in aimless recreation or frivolous time-wasting; to fool around. Quit goofing around and get back to work already! You'd probably have better grades if you didn't goof around so much in class.

See also: around, goof

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goof around

to act silly. The kids were all goofing around, waiting for the bus. Stop goofing around!

See also: around, goof

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

goof around

v.

To act foolishly, playfully, or without a clear sense of purpose: The students who goofed around all semester failed the course.

See also: around, goof

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goof around

verb

See goof off

See also: around, goof

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