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as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
spent the vacation day just messing around
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as in to flirt
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them
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Recent Examples of mess around
Due to various issues, this was messed around with at release, and the fourth episode was given a new dub with David Hayter of Metal Gear Solid fame voicing Isamu.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Packers quarterback Jordan Love — looking for deep-shot touchdowns instead of controlling the ball with a lead — messed around and offered the Niners a handful of opportunities to make Sunday’s contest a competitive game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
In a recent ranking of the cheapest U.S. cities for remote workers to live in, Texas didn't mess around.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Oct. 2024
The man in Washington might have just been messing around with ChatGPT.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Packers quarterback Jordan Love — looking for deep-shot touchdowns instead of controlling the ball with a lead — messed around and offered the Niners a handful of opportunities to make Sunday’s contest a competitive game.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
In a recent ranking of the cheapest U.S. cities for remote workers to live in, Texas didn't mess around.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Oct. 2024
The man in Washington might have just been messing around with ChatGPT.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Jamaal Jarrett, 6-5 and 350 pounds, played in 11 games this as a true sophomore for Georgia this season and recorded 3 tackles.Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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After Iowa State, UConn will play its last game before the holiday break against No. 7 USC at the XL Center on Saturday (8 p.m., FOX).Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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There were other baby steps this season, including Jimmy flirting with Sofi (Cobie Smulders) after buying her used car.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Musk had flirted with the party previously, expressing confusion in June as to why it was considered controversial.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
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These people are traveling the world, getting paid to walk and talk in amazing locations.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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The 18 seniors from last year who are traveling on Rhule’s dime will carry the flag, metaphorically, for all of the former Huskers who missed an opportunity to attend a bowl game from 2017 through 2023.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent.Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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The poinsettia is not simply a plant associated with Christmas.Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made by History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Other common bottlenecks in data collection include a lack of diverse and truly global datasets, high costs associated with data infrastructure and maintenance, challenges in handling real-time and dynamic data, and issues related to data ownership and licensing, among others.Max (Chong) Li, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The Hoosier cabinet made the kitchen easier to navigate and more accessible to middle-class housewives in particular who had largely depended on housekeepers to run their kitchens.Michelle Mastro, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
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It initially was supposed to run for five years but was extended until 2090 as more people came down with 9/11 illnesses.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Families can bond over horseback riding, fishing, and archery or relax with the heated pools and spa.Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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But, just as Jane Austen bonded her lovers by matching their interests, bond with your audience by matching your interests with theirs.Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Mess around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mess%20around. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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