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Definition of bugger around phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bugger around

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bugger about/around

(British English, taboo, slang) to waste time by behaving in a silly way or with no clear purpose
- Stop buggering about and get back to work.
A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess about (British English) or mess around (British and North American English).

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bugger somebody about/around

(British English, taboo, slang) to treat somebody in a way that is deliberately not helpful to them or wastes their time
- I'm sick of being buggered about by the company.
A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess somebody about/around.

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