kidding around

Then you find out they’re not kidding around.

I thought this gazebo was kidding around.

After they stopped giggling, they started talking and kidding around.

Folks figured the Cal State San Marcos baseball and softball coaches were simply kidding around when they recently started discussing the idea of Jillian Albayati playing for both of them.

Antetokounmpo was kidding around, and the financial terms weren’t released, but there was a point within the joke — Silver earned this new deal.