fuck around
To waste time not doing anything important, or to have sex with different people without commitment.
Meanings
To waste time or avoid doing something useful; to behave in an aimless or silly way.
"We can't keep fucking around — the launch is in two days and nothing is ready."
To have casual sexual relationships with multiple partners.
"After the breakup, he spent a year just fucking around before he was ready to date seriously again."
To behave recklessly or ignore warnings, with the implication that negative consequences will follow (especially in the phrase 'fuck around and find out').
"You want to skip safety training? Go ahead and fuck around and find out what happens."
Strongly vulgar. The expression 'fuck around and find out' has become a very widely known internet meme meaning that reckless behaviour will lead to consequences. Regionally more common in American English.
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