mess around
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“If you’re a company who’s messing around with these types of practices on consumers, you’re watching how well they work,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank.
From MarketWatch
I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.
From Literature
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Mom was in the same boat, although she was too busy with me and being the commander of the entire Academy to mess around with recreational simulations.
From Literature
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I didn’t like to mess around Daisy’s playhouse.
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Those Creoles don’t mess around with their potato salad.
From Los Angeles Times
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