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Verb: arse about
Usage: Brit, Cdn
  1. Be lazy or idle
    "Her son is just arsing about around all day"
    - bum, bum around, bum about, arse around [Brit, Cdn], loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
     
  2. [Brit] Indulge in horseplay
    "Enough arsing about--let's get back to work!"
    - horse around, arse around [Brit, Cdn], fool around, fool

Derived forms: arsed about, arses about, arsing about

Type of: idle, jest, joke, laze, play, slug, stagnate

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