mess around

Idioms and Phrases

see fool around .

Example Sentences

“I said a prayer: Fernando, por favor, no-no-no me molestes, yo tengo miedo. Wait until we get up there and we’ll joke around, but don’t mess around with my house. I was scared.”

From Los Angeles Times

He won’t mess around with the separation of powers or slow process of democratic lawmaking.

From Slate

“But he can joke and mess around, too. He makes me laugh.”

From Los Angeles Times

That's where the treasure is, when you can mess around with that edge and see where it is.

From Salon

"I think there needs to be more games that are there just to relax, have a little bit of fun, that are not dramatic, that are not necessarily heavily story driven, where you can just mess around with a game and it's fun," says Nicolas.

From BBC