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Mess about

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To misbehave intransitive

    "Kids! Stop messing about and do your work!"

  2. 2
    be about a place without any apparent purpose wordnet
  3. 3
    To be in a casual non-committal relationship intransitive

    "Anna and I are just messing about; this isn't going to last."

  4. 4
    To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person). transitive

    "Stop messing me about and give me a straight answer!"

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