fool around
Example Sentences
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"He'd fool around at the reception desk and would check patients in," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Swallows, with their forked black tails, fool around in the wind by the raw bluff face, just beneath a stretch of floppy, black, muddy pipe that used to be underground.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Those who doubt this are welcome to fool around and find out.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023
On that night, I found out Joni was in town, in London, and asked her to come to the studio and just fool around.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2022
She had so many years of teaching behind her I could see she wasn’t going to fool around.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
