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fooled around

fooled around is the simple past and past participle of fool around.

Meaning of fool around

Verb

fool around (third-person singular simple present fools around, present participle fooling around, simple past and past participle fooled around)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
  2. (intransitive) To waste time.
  3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts.
    • Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.
  4. (informal, intransitive) To engage in adultery; to play around.

Questions about fooled around

What is fooled around the simple past and past participle of?
Fooled around is the simple past and past participle of fool around.

Words near fooled around in the dictionary

  1. fooldom
  2. foole
  3. fooled
  4. fooled about
  5. fooled along
  6. fooled around
  7. fooled away
  8. fooled up
  9. fooled with
  10. foolee
  11. foolees

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