goof off

Example Sentences

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Seeing people laugh or goof off just made her sad.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

For me, I felt like I needed to schedule time to goof off.

From Salon • May 4, 2023

The point isn’t just that it’s nice to goof off every so often — it’s that it’s necessary.

From New York Times • May 29, 2021

This wasn’t a grim institution where parents could slough off their kids for a couple of months, but a place where teenagers were free to experiment and goof off without being micromanaged.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

I have been to Alaska some twenty times during the past twenty years—to climb mountains, to work as a carpenter and a commercial salmon fisherman and a journalist, to goof off, to poke around.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer