screw around
verb
screwed around; screwing around; screws around
intransitive verb
1
: to waste time with unproductive activity : dally
2
: to have sexual relations with someone outside of a marriage or steady relationship : be sexually promiscuous
Synonyms
- cheat
- philander
- step out
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Example Sentences
he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around
Word History
First Known Use
1935, in the meaning defined at sense 1
screwed around
verb
as in cheated
to be sexually unfaithful he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cheated
- stepped out
- philandered
- fooled around
- slept
- played (around)
- fornicated
- coupled
- womanized
- catted (around)
- made out
- copulated
- mated
- tomcatted (around)
- lusted
- lay