fooling around
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He was a receiver and a youth football coach saw him fooling around kicking at a flag football game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"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
“Can I ask you something? Do you think it's possible that Leo was right—the boys were just fooling around? And maybe you were being a little too sensitive?”
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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