fool around
UK also fool about— phrasal verb with fool uk/fuːl/us/fuːl/verb
(SILLY)
to behave in a silly way, especially in a way that might have dangerous results:
Don't fool around with matches.
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Behaving in a silly way
- act/play the goat idiom
- be asking for it/trouble idiom
- be playing at sth idiom
- clown
- cut up
- faff
- fart
- goof
- goof around
- horse around
- kid
- kid around
- mess
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck
- muck sb/sth about/around
- piss (sb) about/around
- play around
- spectacle
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(FUNNY)
to behave in a humorous way in order to make other people laugh:
He's always getting into trouble for fooling around in class.
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Behaving in a silly way
- act/play the goat idiom
- be asking for it/trouble idiom
- be playing at sth idiom
- clown
- cut up
- faff
- fart
- goof
- goof around
- horse around
- kid
- kid around
- mess
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck
- muck sb/sth about/around
- piss (sb) about/around
- play around
- spectacle
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(NOT USEFUL)
to spend your time doing nothing useful:
We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
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Behaving in a silly way
- act/play the goat idiom
- be asking for it/trouble idiom
- be playing at sth idiom
- clown
- cut up
- faff
- fart
- goof
- goof around
- horse around
- kid
- kid around
- mess
- monkey
- monkey around
- muck
- muck sb/sth about/around
- piss (sb) about/around
- play around
- spectacle
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(HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP)
mainly US If a married person fools around, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their husband or wife:
She'd been fooling around with someone at work.
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Relationships: infidelity
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer
- adultery
- bigamy
- bit
- cheat
- cheat on sb
- faithless
- fool
- go off with sb
- inconstant
- infidelity
- mess
- play
- screw
- screw around
- side
- step
- step out on sb
- two-time
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