fool around
Example Sentences
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Swallows, with their forked black tails, fool around in the wind by the raw bluff face, just beneath a stretch of floppy, black, muddy pipe that used to be underground.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023
That's an indication that there's stuff going on, that they don't want to fool around with Meadows on contempt charges, out of concern of what that might do to what they're actively investigating him for.
From Salon • May 24, 2022
“Steve was this guy who liked to have fun, not take things too seriously and fool around, which bugged Rudy,” Villa said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022
“You shouldn’t fool around with this,” one interview subject tells her.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
