Usually means: Engage in playful or silly behavior.
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  1. goof around: Merriam-Webster
  2. goof around: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. goof around: Wiktionary
  4. goof around: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (goof around)

▸ verb:  (slang) To fool around.

Similar:
fool around, monkey around, goof, mess around, fool about, play around, goof on, goof off, play about, play the fool, more...

Opposite:
work, be serious, focus, concentrate, be productive

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Similar:
fool around, monkey around, goof, mess around, fool about, play around, goof on, goof off, play about, play the fool, more...

Opposite:
work, be serious, focus, concentrate, be productive



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