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as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
spent the vacation day just messing around
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as in to flirt
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them
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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.
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Josh Max, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
After the event, Cruise was seen messing around with the grand pipe organ, shown in pictures shared by the concert’s conductor Ben Palmer and organist Anna Lapwood.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
When her government-agent boyfriend is murdered, Foxy goes undercover as a prostitute to infiltrate a criminal syndicate and does not mess around delivering a severe comeuppance.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
There might have been a few glasses consumed when the six-person band known as the True Loves started messing around with putting notes on paper for its latest hit.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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Josh Max, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
After the event, Cruise was seen messing around with the grand pipe organ, shown in pictures shared by the concert’s conductor Ben Palmer and organist Anna Lapwood.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024
When her government-agent boyfriend is murdered, Foxy goes undercover as a prostitute to infiltrate a criminal syndicate and does not mess around delivering a severe comeuppance.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
There might have been a few glasses consumed when the six-person band known as the True Loves started messing around with putting notes on paper for its latest hit.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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The graduate student didn’t play in the season opener at Texas, only got in the game late against UNC, and played sparingly against CU before breaking out with a 156-yard, two-touchdown performance against UTEP.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Mack played only a handful of snaps because of a groin injury.Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 10 Nov. 2024
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The crew scans as underground but is now flirting with mainstream rap culture, thanks to their gold and platinum plaques, billions of streams, and an aura that any major rap or popstar would sell their soul to have.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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In August, Stabile accused Prince of pushing her, flirting with other women, and threatening to sue if Stabile went public.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, traveled to the Klamath last year for a series of stories about the damage inflicted by the dams and the work to restore wildlife habitat and ancestral homelands.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Word traveled quickly to Trump, who was holding a rally with supporters in Pittsburgh at the time.Brett Samuels, The Hill, 5 Nov. 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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Small differences that are of questionable statistical significance can be massively meaningful to plan ratings — and the payments associated with those ratings.Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The doula collective raises money to help women pay for medical care, or transportation and overnight stays associated with abortions.Ariel Wittenberg, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Exasperated Cowboys want explanation for no-call on 49ers’ key touchdown pass Ricky Pearsall • WR Wide open most of the game, Pearsall looked like the perfect Niners’ receiver on his 46-yard touchdown catch, running a deep dig behind the linebackers.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Place eggs in an ice bath to cool or run under cold water 4.Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 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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Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and potential first gentleman Doug Emhoff were seen just offstage, bonding over the historic Bon Jovi/R.E.M. rock summit meeting.Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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For many families, Christmas traditions are incomplete without a memorable advert and these early releases provide something to bond over, fuelling conversations and creating an emotional bridge between consumer and brand.Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mess around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mess%20around. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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