mouse around
Move your mouse pointer around on the computer screen to look at different parts.
Meanings
To move the computer mouse or cursor around the screen to explore different areas, menus, or options.
"Mouse around the homepage and see if you can find the settings option."
To move around cautiously or quietly, like a mouse, exploring or searching without drawing attention.
"He was mousing around the office late at night, looking for the missing files."
Primarily used in informal digital or tech contexts. Not widely recorded in dictionaries as a fixed phrasal verb. Also occasionally used to mean moving about cautiously or quietly, like a mouse — though this sense is even rarer.
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