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

fuck around

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fuck around

(British English also fuck about)

(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).

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fuck somebody around

(British English also fuck somebody about)

(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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