mess around
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Under-30s have described missing out on being able to "let loose and mess around" because of a "bleak" lack of nightlife where they live.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Social Security does not mess around when it comes to overpayments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It was this or nothing. You can't mess around, or you'll burn your eyes."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Those Creoles don’t mess around with their potato salad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
They had peeled back the shirt and the arm was whitely soft where they had cleaned it and there was a mess around the shoulder.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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