Someone had been fooling about with the controls.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fool about with — phrasal verb fool around with or fool about with or fool with [transitive] Word forms fool around with : present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle fooling around with past tense fooled around with … English dictionary
fool (about) with yourself — to masturbate Like the inconsequential action so described: Honey.. .you don t care if I fool with myself a little. (M. Thomas, 1982) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
fool around with — phrasal verb fool around with or fool about with or fool with [transitive] Word forms fool around with : present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle fooling around with past tense fooled around with … English dictionary
Fool Around With — is a British reality TV show, where four women or men are locked up together with a single person, who tries to determine which of the four contestants is also single; the other three contestants have boyfriends or girlfriends. If the lone single … Wikipedia
fool around with — ˌfool a ˈround with ˌfool a ˈbout with ˈfool ˌwith [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle … Useful english dictionary
fool about — phrasal verb fool around or fool about [intransitive] Word forms fool around : present tense I/you/we/they fool around he/she/it fools around present participle fooling around past tense fooled around past participle fooled around 1) to behave in … English dictionary
fool — Ⅰ. fool [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who acts unwisely. 2) historical a jester or clown. ► VERB 1) trick or deceive. 2) (fool about/around) act in a joking or frivolous way. 3) … English terms dictionary
fool — fool1 [fu:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stupid person)¦ 2 make a fool of yourself 3 make a fool of somebody 4 any fool can do something 5 be no/nobody s fool 6 gooseberry/strawberry etc fool 7 more fool you/him etc 8 not suffer fools gladly 9 be living in a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fool — [[t]fu͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ fools, fooling, fooled 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a fool, you are indicating that you think they are not at all sensible and show a lack of good judgement. You fool! she shouted... He d been a fool to get… … English dictionary
fool — 1 noun 1 STUPID PERSON (C) a stupid person or someone who has done something stupid: What a fool she had been to think that he would stay. 2 any fool can spoken used to say that it is very easy to do something or to see that something is true:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
