to fool around

  • 11fool around with something — fool around with (something) to amuse yourself by doing or saying something that is likely to cause trouble. You don t want kids fooling around with matches …

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  • 12fool around with — (something) to amuse yourself by doing or saying something that is likely to cause trouble. You don t want kids fooling around with matches …

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  • 13fool around with — phrasal verb fool around with or fool about with or fool with [transitive] Word forms fool around with : present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle fooling around with past tense fooled around with …

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  • 14fool around — phrasal verb fool around or fool about [intransitive] Word forms fool around : present tense I/you/we/they fool around he/she/it fools around present participle fooling around past tense fooled around past participle fooled around 1) to behave in …

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  • 15fool around — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fool around, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. [V P] They were fooling around on an Army firing range... [V P with n] Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn t? 2) PHRASAL VERB If… …

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  • 16fool around — to waste time doing something without a particular purpose. It was a serious academic school, not a place to fool around. Usage notes: often used in the negative to mean to not waste time but to act with a serious purpose: The coach was in no… …

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  • 17fool around — v. (D; intr.) to fool around with (don t fool around with fire) * * * [ fuːləˌraʊnd] (D; intr.) to fool around with (don t fool around with fire) …

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  • 18Fool Around — Infobox Album | Name = Fool Around Type = Album Artist = Rachel Sweet Released = 1978, 1979 Recorded = ??? Genre = Pop Length = 34:29 Label = Stiff Records, Columbia Records Producer = Liam Sternberg, Dave Mackay, Barrie Guard Reviews = Last… …

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  • 19fool around — I. play, play around, goof off, horse around    We don t fool around in her class. She s very strict. II. have sex with someone who is not your spouse, have an affair    Rita asked Jon for a divorce. She knows he s been fooling around …

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  • 20fool around with —    to have a sexual relationship with    Either sex can do it, with no intention of pairbonding or the like:     He s looking for a girl to fool around with tonight. (Evans Pritchard, 1997)     Only fooled around with him a little. I wasn t… …

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