MESS AROUND


Meaning of MESS AROUND in English

Function: intransitive verb

Date: 1918

1 : to waste time : DAWDLE , IDLE

2 a : ASSOCIATE <don't mess around with admirals much ― K. M. Dodson> b : FLIRT , PHILANDER <caught him messing around with my wife>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.