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mess around — to waste time doing something without a particular purpose. The kids were just messing around at the mall. Usage notes: often used in the not mess around to act with a serious purpose: Being a federal agent on the track of terrorists, Matt doesn… … New idioms dictionary
not mess about — not mess aˈround idiom (BrE also not mess aˈbout) (informal) to do sth quickly, efficiently or in the right way • When they decide to have a party they don t mess around. Main entry: ↑mess … Useful english dictionary
mess around — 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 around — (in BRIT, also use mess about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you mess around or mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything. [V P] We were just messing around playing with paint... [V P] Stop messing… … English dictionary
mess around 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
You Don't Mess Around with Jim — Infobox Album Name = You Don t Mess Around with Jim Type = Album Artist = Jim Croce Released = May 1972 Recorded = 1971 1972, The Hit Factory, New York City Genre = Folk rock Length = 33:22 Label = ABC Producer = Terry Cashman, Tommy West Reviews … Wikipedia
mess — mess1 [ mes ] noun ** ▸ 1 when someone/something is dirty ▸ 2 when there are problems ▸ 3 someone with problems ▸ 4 solid waste from animal ▸ 5 mess hall ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount a situation in which a place is dirty or not neat: Your… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
around — around, round 1. In general, BrE prefers round and AmE prefers around, both as an adverb and as a preposition, except in certain more or less fixed expressions or restricted collocations. In BrE it is usual to say all the year round, Winter comes … Modern English usage
mess — mess1 S2 [mes] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dirty/untidy)¦ 2¦(problems/difficulties)¦ 3 make a mess of (doing) something 4¦(person)¦ 5 a mess of something 6¦(army/navy)¦ 7¦(waste substance)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mes … Dictionary of contemporary English
mess — 1 noun 1 DIRTY/UNTIDY (singular, uncountable) a situation in which a place looks very untidy or dirty, with things spread all around: Clean up this mess! | The house was an awful mess after the party. | make a mess: You can make cookies if you… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
