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Mess Messing Told Meaning Wasting Time Behaving Silly

Word mess around
Meaning

Meaning: If you're messing around, you're wasting time or behaving in a silly way.

Synonym: fool around, muck around (British, informal)
Example For example:

  • mess around My kids were messing around with a new computer game instead of doing their homework, so I told them to turn it off.

  • mess around The manager told the workers to stop messing around and get on with their work.

Note: the phrasal verb "mess about" has the same meaning, though it's mostly used in British and Australian English

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