poodle around (sth)
informal — phrasal verb with poodleDefinition
› to spend time doing things without any particular purpose or plan: We spent the day poodling around town.Goals and purposes
(Definition of poodle around (sth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- function noun (PURPOSE)
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idea noun (PURPOSE)
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- towards preposition (PURPOSE)
- way noun (WANT)
- will noun (MENTAL POWER)
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