mess about

verb

(intr) to occupy oneself trivially; potter
to interfere or meddle (with)
to engage in adultery

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He was also clear that he's here to get down to business right away, no messing about.

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"You could be kids messing about or someone trying to entrap me," I suggested.

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"I'm a chilled guy until people mess about with me," Whyte reflected the next day.

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Kirsty Giffen-McGrath was sat at the rear of her property, which was undamaged, and said she initially thought it was "kids messing about".

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“He’s a very rich character to play. He’s a complex, contradictory, troubled human who’s got these extraordinary abilities, so there’s potent stuff to mess about with,” Cumberbatch said.