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Fool around   /ful ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Fool around

verb
1.
Indulge in horseplay.  Synonyms: arse around, fool, horse around.  "The bored children were fooling about"
2.
Commit adultery.  Synonym: play around.






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"Fool around" Quotes from Famous Books



... in bland amazement. "You wouldn't still fool around wiz ze foolish law, ze silly court?" he inquired. "Do you not see 'ow much better is my way? One hour ago you 'ave no money, no rancho, no woman. One little hour! Ze money she is paid, ze rancho she is yours, and ze woman what you want to marry is free for do so!" He looked ...
— The Bad Man • Charles Hanson Towne

... well-knit whole, they were little more than a storming, victory-drunk mob. They stopped at nothing—and nothing could stop them. As for displaying their white muslin panels to airplanes so that their positions might be known—poof! They were too busy to fool around with panels and those dizzy air birds who never did anything but fly around and look for panels. Panels be hanged! This was a day for ...
— Aces Up • Covington Clarke

... of sentimental rubbish," he said. "It seems to me it's only a hindrance—this caring so much for people. It gets in a man's way. Not that it matters to you just now. You've got a slack time. You can afford to fool around." ...
— The Dark House • I. A. R. Wylie



Words linked to "Fool around" :   betray, cuckold, play, cheat on, jest, joke, wander, cheat



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