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bugger about

UK offensive phrasal verb with bugger
 
/ˈbʌɡ.ər/
 
US  // verb [T]

Definition

to waste time doing silly or unimportant things: Will you stop buggering about and get in here!
(Definition of bugger about from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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