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monkey around

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monkey around

To waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Would you quit monkeying around and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been monkeying around with my new video game console.

See also: around, monkey

monkey around

verb

See mess around with someone

See also: around, monkey

monkey around

verb

See mess around with something mess about with something

See also: around, monkey