screwing around
Not being serious
Screwing around means wasting time or behaving irresponsibly instead of doing what you should: Stop screwing around and finish your homework.
It can also mean engaging in casual sexual activity, often implying infidelity: She found out he'd been screwing around behind her back.
The phrase is informal and mildly vulgar.
- misbehaviorImproper or unruly conduct
- cavortingMoving playfully, energetically
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- indiscretionUnwise act or remark
- hookupCasual sexual encounter
fling · tryst · goofing off · procrastinating · dawdling · liaison · slacking · philandering · tomfoolery · dalliance · fucking up · sex · fucking about · messing about · messing with · having an affair · flirting · loafing
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, slacking, loafing, chilling, hanging out
- messing aroundfooling, goofing, goofing off, messing with, monkeying
screwing aroundfocusing
Concentrating on one point
buckling down · concentrating · getting down to business · applying oneself · knuckling down
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