kid around

Idioms  

1. Engage in good-humored fooling, joking, or teasing. For example, He's always kidding around with the other boys. [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Of course he was already a nervous wreck from being the shortest kid around, and you knew it wasn’t going to calm him down to have people holler, “Here, Fido!” or “Here, Spot!” at him.

From Literature

“Crypto is no longer the only cool kid around the block.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“When a goat finds itself between a rock and a hard place, our firefighters don’t kid around!”

From Los Angeles Times

Had armed men followed this kid around?

From Salon

Danvers enjoys pushing the kid around as she molds him into a – you can say it out loud– true detective.

From Salon