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bugger about

bugger about verb: to waste time; to spend time on trivial tasks.

Verb

bugger about (third-person singular simple present buggers about, present participle buggering about, simple past and past participle buggered about)

  1. (intransitive) To waste time; to spend time on trivial tasks.

Forms of bugger about

third-person singular presentbuggers about
present participlebuggering about
past participlebuggered about
pastbuggered about

Questions about bugger about

What does bugger about mean?
Bugger about means to waste time; to spend time on trivial tasks.
What part of speech is bugger about?
Bugger about is a verb.
What is the past tense of bugger about?
The past tense of bugger about is buggered about.

Words near bugger about in the dictionary

  1. bugged out
  2. bugged up
  3. buggee
  4. buggees
  5. bugger
  6. bugger about
  7. bugger all
  8. bugger around
  9. bugger factor
  10. bugger factors
  11. bugger me

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