mess around (with sb)
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with mess uk/mes/us/mes/verb
If a married man or woman messes around with someone, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their wife or husband:
She found out that her husband was messing around with his secretary.
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Relationships: infidelity
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer
- adultery
- bigamy
- bit
- cheat
- cheat on sb
- faithless
- fool
- fool around
- go off with sb
- inconstant
- mess
- play
- screw
- screw around
- side
- step
- step out on sb
- two-time
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