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单词 fiddle around
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fiddle around

disapproving UK also fiddle about
phrasal verb with fiddle uk/ˈfɪd.əl/us/ˈfɪd.əl/verb

to spend time doing small things that are not important or necessary:

I was just fiddling around in the kitchen.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Avoiding action

  • avoid
  • avoid sth like the plague idiom
  • avoidance
  • bottle
  • bottle out
  • flinch from sth/doing sth
  • fudge
  • get out of sth
  • get round sth
  • get-out clause
  • insure
  • shrink
  • sit on your arse idiom
  • skip out on sb/sth
  • stand around
  • stand by
  • stand round
  • steer
  • welch
  • welsh

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fiddle around

phrasal verb with fiddle us/ˈfɪd·əl/verb [ I always + adv/prep ]

to take part in activity that doesn't achieve anything, esp. when this annoys someone:

The legislature has fiddled around while our schools are falling apart.
I wish they’d quit fiddling around with the tax law (= changing it without improving it).
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