horse around

English

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horse around

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fiddle or play; to clown; to do nothing of consequence or importance.
    Can we quit horsing around and get some work done?
    Stop horsing around with the controls, before you break something.
    • 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 7 December 2017:
      As Norah Jones coos sweet nothings on the soundtrack, the happy couple—played by Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler—canoodle through a Manhattan montage, making pasta for two, swimming through a pile of autumn leaves, and horsing around at a fruit stand.

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