bugger about
UK offensive— phrasal verb with bugger uk/ˈbʌɡ.ər/us/ˈbʌɡ.ɚ/verb [ T ]
to waste time doing silly or unimportant things:
Will you stop buggering about and get in here!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger sb about
- buy time idiom
- carry
- hold
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- kick the can down the road idiom
- push
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- sit on sth
- spin your wheels idiom
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