- Pissing around
- Fooling about, in the sense of messing around or making fun or just being silly. Not terribly polite.
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Pissing around
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piss around — phrasal verb piss about or piss around Word forms piss about : present tense I/you/we/they piss about he/she/it pisses about present participle pissing about past tense pissed about past participle pissed about British impolite 1) [intransitive]… … English dictionary
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piss about — phrasal verb piss about or piss around Word forms piss about : present tense I/you/we/they piss about he/she/it pisses about present participle pissing about past tense pissed about past participle pissed about British impolite 1) [intransitive]… … English dictionary
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