fool around
Example Sentences
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"He'd fool around at the reception desk and would check patients in," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
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
On that night, I found out Joni was in town, in London, and asked her to come to the studio and just fool around.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2022
“You shouldn’t fool around with this,” one interview subject tells her.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021
Toby said that was necessary so no one would have a chance to fool around with the oracle before everyone was there.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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