fool around with
idiomatic phrase
variants or chiefly British fool about with
1
: to use or do (something) in a way that is not very serious
I'm not really a painter; I just like to fool around with paints.
2
: to handle or interact with (something) in a careless or foolish way : to meddle, tamper, or experiment with (something) especially thoughtlessly or ignorantly
Don't fool around with that drill.
3
: to have sex with (someone who is not one's spouse or regular partner)
His partner discovered that he was fooling around with his co-worker.
Word History
First Known Use
1923, in the meaning defined at sense 3
- comes clean about
- comes down
- comes down (with)
- comes down hard
- comes down hard (on)
- comes down hard on
- comes down on
- comes down to
- comes down with
- comes forward
- comes from
- comes in
- comes in on
- comes into one's own
- comes off
- comes off (as)
- comes off as
- comes on
- comes on to
- comes out
- comes out of
- comes out with
- comes over
- comes round
- comes through