muck about
phrasal verbmuck about/around
- (British English, informal) to behave in a silly way, especially when you should be working or doing something else synonym mess around
- I spent most of my time at school mucking about and getting into trouble.
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muck somebody about/around
- (British English, informal) to treat somebody badly, especially by changing your mind a lot, or by not being honest synonym mess somebody around
- They've really mucked us about over our car insurance.