mess around

Example Sentences

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And then “Tonight, Tonight,” was a song that we messed around with for about four months.

From Los Angeles Times

“Naw, we were messing around when we were in Chicago and we did that,” Reaves said.

From Los Angeles Times

In an interview on Tuesday with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump boasted that other countries learned "not to mess around" with him when it came to trade.

From Salon

Yeah, that’s this Final Four: You might learn you don’t want to go messing around with those Nova Southeastern Sharks.

From Washington Post

“I was freaked; I was messing around with this extremely well-known architect,” he said.

From New York Times