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
“If you’re a company who’s messing around with these types of practices on consumers, you’re watching how well they work,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Naylor, meanwhile, says he was just messing around.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The witness described how Harvey and the defendant had been pushing each other at break time earlier that day, but he thought they were just "messing around".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
He was messing around with something in the back of his truck.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
