Get on with your work and stop messing about!
Some of the lads had been messing around when they should have been working.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.
mess about — phrasal verb mess about or mess around Word forms mess about : present tense I/you/we/they mess about he/she/it messes about present participle messing about past tense messed about past participle messed about British informal 1) [intransitive]… … English dictionary
mess about — (BE) see mess around * * * [ mesə baʊt] (BE) see mess around … Combinatory dictionary
mess about — verb be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mess about with somebody — ˌmess aˈround with sb derived (BrE also ˌmess aˈbout with sb) to have a sexual relationship with sb, especially when you should not Main entry: ↑messderived … Useful english dictionary
mess about/around — POTTER ABOUT, pass the time, fiddle about/around, footle about/around, play about/around, fool about/around; fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (about/around); informal piddle about/ … Useful english dictionary
mess around (with something) mess about (with something); — AND monkey around (with something) in. to play with or fiddle with something. □ Don’t mess around with the ashtray. □ You’ l l break it if you don’t stop monkeying around with it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mess about/around — Syn: potter about, fiddle about/around, footle about/around, play about/around, fool about/around, fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (about/around); Brit.; informal muck about/around … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
mess about/around — behave in a silly way. ↘occupy oneself in a pleasantly desultory way. → mess … English new terms dictionary
mess about (with someone) — Go to mess around (with someone) … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mess about — loiter, remain idle in one place … English contemporary dictionary
mess about with — Deal with in an inefficient or untidy way … A concise dictionary of English slang
