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arse around

verb

Definitions

  1. To behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.

    • Quit arsing around and get to work!
    • Gob, he’s not as green as he’s cabbagelooking. Arsing around from one pub to another, leaving it to your honour, with old Giltrap’s dog and getting fed up by the ratepayers and corporators.
    • […] up in London you arse around and go to the local and meet the boys and perhaps take in a flick, and then when you go to bed you find you’ve spent a quid and wonder where in hell it went and what you got for it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA