单词 | play around |
释义 | play around1. phrasal verb If you play around, you behave in a silly way to amuse yourself or other people. [informal] Stop playing around and eat! [VERB PARTICLE] There was no doubt he was serious, it wasn't just playing around. [VERB PARTICLE] Had he taken the keys and played around with her car? [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb If you play around with a problem or an arrangement of objects, you try different ways of organizing it in order to find the best solution or arrangement. [informal] I can play around with the pictures to make them more eye-catching. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 3. phrasal verb If someone plays around, they have sex with people other than the person they are married to or having a serious relationship with. [informal] Up to 75 per cent of married men may be playing around. [VERB PARTICLE] Robert was playing around with another woman. [VERB PARTICLE with noun] 4. See also play See full dictionary entry for playplay around in American English1. to engage in trifling activity 2. a. to engage lightly in passing love affairs b. to be sexually unfaithful Examples of 'play around' in a sentence |
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