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Meanings of mess about in English

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Be about.

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      Usage of mess about in English
      1
      I have no time to mess about with good deeds, Joel thought.
      Shadows in the twilight
      2
      There never was such a mess about anything since London first began.
      Mr. Scarborough's Family
      3
      We do mess about anyway but this is on another level.
      News.com.au
      4
      And 'e doesn't mess about much over the preparing of it'.
      The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
      5
      They had struck a cautious truce since resolving the mess about Brad's slot.
      Getting in: a novel
      6
      We haven't brought him here to mess about -Ian Williams.
      News.com.au
      7
      He would enter the commanders' mess about ten minutes late.
      Ender’s Game
      8
      Warlock is the usual term for people who mess about the way you do.
      Witch Week
      9
      Old man Ferguson was a total mess about the face.
      Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
      10
      Wood does not mess about on or off the pitch.
      The Irish Times
      11
      There is no mess about it, and men do not have to know of it.
      The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
      12
      I shouldn't care to lie up in bed and mess about with medicine and doctors.
      Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
      13
      As soon as I got into that mess about Ida Wade, she threw me over.
      Vandover and the Brute
      14
      And that's what is intoxicating about fiction: how it lets you mess about with identity.
      The Guardian
      15
      If you want to mess about I won't mind.
      Janice Day at Poketown
      16
      I've been told only the ones in uniforms are the ones you can mess about with.
      Agent 6
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      Translations for mess about
      Portuguese
      permanecerficar
      Mess about through the time
      Mess about across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common