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mess about
verb
- intr to occupy oneself trivially; potter
- whenintr, often foll by with to interfere or meddle (with)
- intrsometimes foll bywith to engage in adultery
Example Sentences
鈥淗e鈥檚 a very rich character to play. He鈥檚 a complex, contradictory, troubled human who鈥檚 got these extraordinary abilities, so there鈥檚 potent stuff to mess about with,鈥 Cumberbatch said.
"The idea was to bring people together but, let's not mess about, the idea was also to make money," said Evans.
"No messing about, simple balls and hopefully just put the ball in the back of the net".
鈥淪omebody made the calls on my phone. I don鈥檛 know who, a lot of people were there. Sometimes I forget and leave my phone. And somebody鈥檚 messed about with the phone.鈥
Cadar, of Bexley, south-east London, had accused the couple of causing the collision by "messing about in the road", only admitting later to jurors that was wrong.
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