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Fool around   /ful ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Fool around

verb
1.
Indulge in horseplay.  Synonyms: arse around, fool, horse around.  "The bored children were fooling about"
2.
Commit adultery.  Synonym: play around.






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"Fool around" Quotes from Famous Books



... upon your way, Just to fool around and play. Learn to quickly go to school; Never, ...
— Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers • David Cory

... or some hush-hush experimental job, then it was piloted. But they don't test a job like that on any commercial airways. And they don't fool around at five thousand feet where people will see the thing streaking ...
— The Flying Saucers are Real • Donald Keyhoe

... woman grasped Harry vehemently by the arm. "Look at here," said she. "I want to know, an' I ain't got no time to fool around, for I want to take the next train back. Is that your young one? Speak ...
— By the Light of the Soul - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman



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