goof off
Example Sentences
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Assigning in-class lessons on devices invites kids to rush through them so they can goof off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“She definitely didn’t let me goof off too much.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
For me, I felt like I needed to schedule time to goof off.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
“What I do is goof off — and try to get away with it.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
I have been to Alaska some twenty times during the past twenty years—to climb mountains, to work as a carpenter and a commercial salmon fisherman and a journalist, to goof off, to poke around.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
