PLAY AROUND


Meaning of PLAY AROUND in English

1.

If you play around , you behave in a silly way to amuse yourself or other people. ( INFORMAL )

Stop playing around and eat!...

Had he taken the keys and played around with her car?

PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P with n

2.

If you play around with a problem or an arrangement of objects, you try different ways of organizing it in order to find the best solution or arrangement. ( INFORMAL )

I can play around with the pictures to make them more eye-catching.

PHRASAL VERB : V P with n

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