play around

Example Sentences

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As long as you have enough money to live on with your other sources of income, plus a 12-month emergency fund, you have enough time to play around with.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

I tell my kids, play around, try things out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

"We are two men of 80 years of age, so we cannot play around with democracy," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Elsewhere in Gabland: It was reported that Gabbard “obtained” voting machines from Puerto Rico to play around with them and look for security vulnerabilities.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2026

He’d tested Momma to see how mad she really was and decided it was safe to play around.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis