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To have fun without a serious purpose.
Meanings of «play about»
1 · verb
to have fun without a serious purpose
Children love to play about in the garden after school.
2 · verb
to have a casual romantic relationship, often secretly
He started to play about with a woman from work.
Similar: flirthave an affairfool around
3 · verb
to handle something carelessly and cause a mess
Please do not play about with the papers on my desk.
Similar: mess withmeddlefiddle with
Translation
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«play about» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
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ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt
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