mess around
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"Alan makes a good point about how everyone wants to mess around on the ball these days," Sutton explained.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
“We have an ironclad rule at IMAX, which is that our word is our word and we won’t mess around with that,” the CEO said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“I am president, and he’s not going to mess around with me,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The real matcha farmers don’t mess around, and they definitely don’t cut corners.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025
“I think it was the big-brother talk. ‘Don’t mess around with my sister’ and all that.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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