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
“Has anybody cut himself fooling around with these monkeys?” she asked.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
