fucking around
Not being serious
Fucking around means wasting time or engaging in aimless, unproductive activity: Stop fucking around and get to work.
It can also mean behaving recklessly or carelessly: He was fucking around with the equipment and broke it.
A third sense involves casual sexual encounters: She spent her twenties fucking around before settling down.
The phrase fuck around and find out warns that careless actions invite consequences.
- waste timeUse moments unproductively
- procrastinateDelay action unnecessarily
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- goofing offIdling instead of working
- playRecreation or staged drama
slacking off · clowning · hooking up · experimenting · dabbling · improvising · casual sex · playing the field · no strings attached · making out · trial-and-error · testing the waters · flirting · one-night stands · sexting · having fun · loiter · just vibing
fucking aroundfocusing
Concentrating on one point
buckling down · getting down to business · getting serious · concentrating · applying oneself