bugger about

bugger around

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verb (adverb) British slang

(intr) to fool about and waste time

(tr) to create difficulties or complications for (a person)

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Words nearby bugger about

bugbear, bugboy, bugeye, bug-eyed, bugger, bugger about, bugger-all, bugger off, buggery, Buggin's turn, buggy

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Example sentences from the Web for bugger about

If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Thus far, the most talked-about Green Friday hotspot is Denver dispensary the Grass Station.
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A former talked-about, maybe-presidential candidate, Andrew Cuomo now hints at Hillary for president at his own re-election event.
If Clinton Runs for President, Cuomo’s on Board|David Freedlander|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her book, for example, does not discuss her buzzed-about, scantily clad Maxim photo shoot from last year, and so neither do we.
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So when it was revealed he would instead be showing in New York, it quickly became one of the most buzzed-about shows of the week.
Gareth Pugh's Fashion Show Lacked Fashion, But Not Passion|Justin Jones|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These stories by a round-about way, gathering in circumstantial detail as they travelled, had reached his sister.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
A few carbine and musket shots, from the knoll and house, soon brought them to a halt, and sent them to the right-about.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
A commotion, a squeal, a thrashing-about near at hand caused both to turn suddenly.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
I've seen the night when Brocken would be tame beside the pandemonium round-about.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
I soon found he was a regular millstone round my neck—particularly when we were on the “walk-about.”
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont

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