mess around

Example Sentences

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"Alan makes a good point about how everyone wants to mess around on the ball these days," Sutton explained.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

“We have an ironclad rule at IMAX, which is that our word is our word and we won’t mess around with that,” the CEO said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“But he can joke and mess around, too. He makes me laugh.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

How does it change the mess around for you?

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2024

“Don’t even mess around with us like that.”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée