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
screwing around
verb
as in cheating
to be sexually unfaithful he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cheating
- stepping out
- fooling around
- philandering
- playing (around)
- catting (around)
- tomcatting (around)
- sleeping
- fornicating
- womanizing
- mating
- making out
- coupling
- copulating
- lying
- lusting