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fool around

/fuːl əˈraʊnd/

Translations

fool aroundverb

fooled around

Past Simple

fooled around

Past Participle

fooling around

Gerund

/fuːl əˈraʊnd/

He spent the whole afternoon fooling around instead of studying.

Он провел весь день, бездельничая, вместо того чтобы учиться.

The kids like to fool around in the park after school.

Дети любят дурачиться в парке после школы.

валять дурака

Stop fooling around and get to work.

Перестань валять дурака и приступай к работе.

Additional translations

Synonyms

play around

goof off

waste time

mess around

fool aroundverb

To engage in playful or aimless activity.

The kids were fooling around in the backyard all afternoon.

To behave in a silly or frivolous manner.

Stop fooling around and get back to work.

To have a casual or non-serious romantic or sexual relationship.

They were just fooling around and not looking for anything serious.