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    muck about
    [muck about]
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    1. behave in a silly or aimless way, especially by wasting time when serious activity is expected:
      "he spent his summers mucking about in boats"
      • tinker with something, typically so as to damage or spoil it:
        "have you been mucking about with the thermostat?"
      • treat someone inconsiderately, typically by disrupting their plans:
        "what the management has to learn is that we can't be mucked about"
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    1. behave in a silly or aimless way, especially by wasting time when serious activity is expected:
      fiddle around
      amuse oneself
      clown around
      fanny about
      fanny around
      footle about
      footle around
      lark (about)
      lark (around)
      piss about
      arse about
      bugger around
     
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  1. "Muck about" is a British English informal expression that means12:
    • To behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or doing something else (synonym: mess around).
    • To do random unplanned work or spend time idly.
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    muck about/around (British English, informal) to behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or doing something else synonym mess around
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    muck about (third-person singular simple present mucks about, present participle mucking about, simple past and past participle mucked about) (informal, intransitive) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly
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