bugger about
phrasal verbbugger 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.
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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.