mess around
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“Consumer safety is our number one thing and we don’t mess around with it,” Foraker, the company’s chief executive, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Under-30s have described missing out on being able to "let loose and mess around" because of a "bleak" lack of nightlife where they live.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Social Security does not mess around when it comes to overpayments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It was this or nothing. You can't mess around, or you'll burn your eyes."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Y’all mess around and give yourselves heat stroke,” she’d said.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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