fool around

verb — 4 senses

fool around

verb

1

Idiomatic To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.

2

To waste time.

3

Idiomatic, Informal To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.

Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
Wanna get drunk and fool around?1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary):

4

Informal To engage in adultery; to play around.

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