mess around
Example Sentences
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"It was this or nothing. You can't mess around, or you'll burn your eyes."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Alan makes a good point about how everyone wants to mess around on the ball these days," Sutton explained.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
“We have an ironclad rule at IMAX, which is that our word is our word and we won’t mess around with that,” the CEO said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“I am president, and he’s not going to mess around with me,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
“Y’all mess around and give yourselves heat stroke,” she’d said.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
