screwed around
Goofed off lazily
Screwed around means to waste time or behave irresponsibly: We screwed around all afternoon instead of studying.
It can also mean to tamper with something carelessly: Someone's been screwing around with the settings.
A third sense involves casual sexual activity, especially outside a committed relationship: He was screwing around behind her back.
- dawdledMoved slowly, idly
- flirtedBehaved amorously without seriousness
- messed upDisordered or badly handled
- loafedWas deliberately unproductive
- hooked upConnected to a system
bungled · procrastinated · killed time · slacked · botched · goofed off · dilly-dallied · blundered · idled · stalled · cheated · shirked · played the field · mucked about · frittered · tarried · lingered · mingled
productivity and effort
screwed aroundworked hard
buckled down · got down to business · applied oneself · focused · put in the work