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

fuck around

phrasal verb
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fuck around
(British English also fuck about)
  1. (taboo, slang) to waste time by behaving in a silly way
    • Stop fucking around and come and help.
    A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess about (British English) or mess around (British and North American English).
fuck somebody around
(British English also fuck somebody about)
  1. (taboo, slang) to treat somebody in a way that is deliberately not helpful to them or wastes their time
    • This damn company keeps fucking me around.
    A more polite, informal way of saying this is mess somebody about/around (British English).

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