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

Derived forms: arsing around, arses around, arsed around

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

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arse-licker
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arsenic group
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