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View synonyms for horse around

horse around

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, adverb to indulge in horseplay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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]

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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