fool about

ful əˈbaʊt

Definition of fool about - Reverso English Dictionary

Phrasal verb

intr.

not serious

act in a silly or unproductive way without seriousness

Stop fool about and help me with this.

goof off

monkey around

muck about

relationship

engage in casual sexual activity

They were caught fooling about in the office.

fool around

mess around

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Expressions with fool

fool around

waste time doing unimportant things

Stop fooling around and get to work.!

fool round

engage in playful or silly behavior

They like to fool round during lunch breaks.

nobody's fool

person who is clever and not easily fooled

She is nobody's fool in business.

feel like a fool

experience embarrassment or shame

After the mistake, he felt like a fool in front of everyone.

fool into doing

trick someone to make them do something

She fooled him into signing the contract.

make a fool of

cause someone to seem foolish or silly

He made a fool of himself at the party.

Examples of fool about in a sentence

He tends to fool about with the prototype instead of testing it properly.
They started fooling about after the party.
She found out he had been fooling about with her friend.

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French:faire l'idiot, batifoler, ...
German:herumalbern, herummachen, ...
Italian:fare lo scemo, amoreggiare, ...
Spanish:hacer tonterías, enrollarse, ...
Portuguese:brincar, envolver-se em relações sexuais casuais, ...
Chinese:胡闹, 乱搞, ...
Japanese:ふざける, 浮気する, ...
Arabic:عَبِثَ, أَقامَ عَلاقة عابِرَة, ...
Hebrew:לְהִשְׁתַּטּוֹת, לְהִתְמַזְמֵז, ...
Russian:дурачиться, заниматься случайным сексом, ...
Ukrainian:дуріти, займатися сексом, ...
Hindi:मूर्खता से काम करना, अनौपचारिक यौन संबंध, ...
Bengali:দুষ্টুমি করা, যৌন সম্পর্ক করা, ...
Catalan:fer el tonto, tenir relacions, ...
Czech:blbnout, muchat se, ...
Danish:fjolle rundt, have sex, ...
Dutch:rondlummelen, seks hebben, ...
Greek:χαζολογώ, κάνω σεξ, ...
Hungarian:bohóckodni, szexelni, ...
Khmer:លេងសើចផ្តេសផ្តាស, ប្រឡែងផ្លូវភេទ, ...
Korean:장난치다, 성관계를 가지다, ...
Persian:شیطنت کردن, رابطه جنسی داشتن, ...
Polish:wygłupiać się, uprawiać seks, ...
Portuguese (BR):brincar, curtir, ...
Romanian:a se prostea, a face sex, ...
Swedish:fjanta sig, ha sex, ...
Thai:เล่นไม่เป็นเรื่อง, มีเพศสัมพันธ์, ...
Turkish:oyalanmak, seks yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:làm trò ngớ ngẩn, quan hệ tình dục, ...

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