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To fool around (or fool about) is to spend time having fun, or to behave in a very silly way.
Examples of use:
1. Will you stop fooling around and do your homework, please?
2. He fools around in lessons and drives his teachers crazy.
3. We spent the day fooling around on the beach.
| infinitive | fool around |
| present simple | fool around fools around |
| -ing form | fooling around |
| past simple | fooled around |
| past participle | fooled around |
See also, goof around
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