messing around

Example Sentences

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They need to know you’re not messing around.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

While sharing a photo of the table, Jenner revealed that she actually had a mishap with it while messing around with her kids.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

And host Claudia Winkleman was in no mood for messing around.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Outside, a group of parents sat around long picnic tables, ignoring their kids who were messing around in the dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

What Shifa hadn’t told Zheng was that Razi was supposed to have gone with their father that day but had been messing around with his friends and been too late.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook