play around
(BE SILLY) (UK also play about) informal — phrasal verb with play /pleɪ/ verbDefinition
› to behave in a silly way: Stop playing around and get on with your homework! I wish you wouldn't play about with that - you'll break it.Behaving in a silly way
(Definition of play around (BE SILLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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play (merry) hell with sth idiom
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play (sb) up phrasal verb
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play (sth) by ear idiom
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play a joke/trick on sb idiom
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play along phrasal verb
- play around phrasal verb (BE SILLY)
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play around phrasal verb (SEX)
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play around/about with sth phrasal verb
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play at sth phrasal verb
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play ball idiom
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play both ends against the middle idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- act/play the goat idiom
- be asking for it/trouble idiom
- be playing at sth idiom
- clown verb
- cut up phrasal verb
- faff about/around phrasal verb
- fool around/about phrasal verb (FUNNY)
- fool around/about phrasal verb (NOT USEFUL)
- fool noun (PERSON)
- frig about/around phrasal verb
- goof around phrasal verb
- lark about/around phrasal verb
- make a spectacle of yourself idiom
- make an ass of yourself idiom
- mess around phrasal verb (ACT STUPIDLY)
- monkey about/around (with sth) phrasal verb
- play silly buggers idiom
- practical joke noun
- prat about/around phrasal verb
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