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play around
Idioms and Phrases
Act playfully or irresponsibly, especially in having a casual or extramarital sexual relationship. For example, She got tired of his playing around and filed for divorce . [1920s]Example Sentences
“Since I had only the 4-track to record with, I started playing around with it and writing demos on it.”
When she appears to Karsh to deliver some bad news as a koala bear, he politely asks her to stop playing around.
The chemistry was already handled; all I had to do was play around with flavor and texture.
"A lot of people use the signs, not only for ball games, but in general as 'you shouldn't be playing around here'."
"They used to play around, have fun, most of all they loved to ride with me on my tuktuk," Karam says with tears in his eyes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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