fooling around
Example Sentences
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"What are you fooling around for? When will the contracts be signed?"
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023
They may be able to get their users to stop voluntarily; programmers, by and large, are not malicious, and perhaps can be coaxed to stop fooling around.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2022
He acted as though he didn’t need the job; he just liked fooling around with it.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022
After their respective sets, they’d close by fooling around onstage together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
He hides behind the excuse that he’s only fooling around, that everyone else needs to learn how to take a joke.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
