horse around

British  

verb

1. informal (intr, adverb) to indulge in horseplay

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horse around Idioms  

1. Indulge in frivolous activity or play. For example, The boys were horsing around all afternoon. This term presumably alludes to horseplay, which has meant “rough or boisterous play” since the late 1500s. [First half of 1900s]

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horse around

The next day, the team filmed additional scenes on Carbon Beach near the Azoff's Malibu home, stripping down to shorts to juggle a ball, horse around in the surf and approximate the 'running man' dance.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023

However, in a break from his normal routine, Pletcher galloped the horse around 7:45 a.m. as state veterinarians watched.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2023

"So of course children horse around and they might have skin to skin contact, but usually it's not prolonged during most activities."

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2022

He walked from his boardinghouse to the inauguration and rode a horse around Washington instead of a coach.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

And what makes it extra bad, see, is the poor dudes can’t horse around like normal.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien