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mess about

To misbehave
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Kids! Stop messing about and do your work!

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'mess about':

mess aboutTo be in a casual non-committal relationship
mess aboutTo play with; to toy with; to waste the time of.
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