as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
we've been goofing around long enough; it's time to get some real work done
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Lord played basketball at Combs High School in San Tan Valley.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Music composed at Auschwitz to be played for first time after being restored This research included analysis by paper conservators who found that the paper and ink match those that Chopin normally used.Jack Guy, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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Why fool around with a convention that everyone understood and practiced?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Flashbacks peppered throughout the first several episodes reveal that Yasmin caught her father fooling around with a pregnant woman on the boat.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
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Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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The talent deficiency allowed the 49ers to mess around (quite a lot) but win comfortably anyway.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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And, uh, some guy in bright green Hellcat came up to me at about 75, 80 miles an hour and started messing around.Josh Max, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Goof (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof%20%28around%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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