horse around

verb

1. informal.
   intr, adverb to indulge in horseplay

Idioms and Phrases

Indulge in frivolous activity or play. For example, The boys were horsing around all afternoon . This term presumably alludes to horseplay , which has meant “rough or boisterous play” since the late 1500s. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

That error of judgement, it later transpired, was her whipping a horse around its legs during a training session.

From BBC

Dujardin pulled out of the Olympic Games on 23 July after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse around its legs in a training session.

From BBC

He fashioned a helmet years ago — with a motor and a gear system — that spins two horses around the top of his head.

From Seattle Times

The youngsters sulk, stomp and scamper, pull pranks and horse around.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s so expensive to move horses around it does force you to depend a little more on your native population.”

From Los Angeles Times