mess about
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mess about
ormess around
vb (adverb)
1. (intr) to occupy oneself trivially; potter
2. (when: intr, often foll by with) to interfere or meddle (with)
3. chiefly (sometimes foll by: with) US to engage in adultery
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| Verb | 1. |  mess about - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"footle, hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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Translations
blbnout
gå og rode
vetelehtiä
faire n’importe quoi
tratiti vrijeme
無為に過ごす
빈둥대다
spela pajas
ฆ่าเวลาโดยการทำอะไรที่ไม่สำคัญ
làm việc tào lao
mess about
→ يَعْبَثُ blbnout gå og rode herumgammeln περιφέρομαι enredar, pasar el rato vetelehtiä faire n’importe quoi tratiti vrijeme perdere tempo 無為に過ごす 빈둥대다 prutsen rote rundt nic konkretnego nie robić embromar, não fazer nada валять дурака spela pajas ฆ่าเวลาโดยการทำอะไรที่ไม่สำคัญ oyalanmak làm việc tào lao 混日子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009