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

One clip of Bebe shows her messing around at home in an oversized hat while wearing a backpack.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Despite the intensity of the material, Snook describes the “All Her Fault” production as a place where cast members were joking and messing around to counteract the sadness their characters were enduring.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 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