fool around
Third Person
fools around
Present Participle
fooling around
Past Tense
fooled around
Past Participle
fooled around
1
to engage in playful, silly, or time-wasting activities
- The kids love to fool around in the backyard, playing games and making up adventures.
- During the break, some employees like to fool around by sharing jokes and funny stories.
- We decided to fool around with a new recipe and ended up with a delicious meal.
- Don't fool around in class; the teacher is trying to cover important material.
- They spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach, building sandcastles and swimming.
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2
to engage in a casual or sexual relationship outside a committed relationship
- After their breakup, he started fooling around with various people.
- They decided to have an open relationship and were allowed to fool around with others.
- She discovered that her partner had been fooling around with a co-worker, which led to a breakup.
- Their marriage had its ups and downs, and they both agreed to fool around discreetly rather than separate.
- Despite being in a long-term relationship, John occasionally fools around with people he meets at parties.
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