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Behave foolishly
Answer for the clue "Behave foolishly ", 10 letters:
mess about
Word definitions for mess about in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To misbehave 2 (context intransitive English) To be in a casual non-committal relationship 3 (context transitive English) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter , lounge , footle , lollygag , loaf , lallygag , hang around , tarry , linger , lurk , mill about , mill ...
Usage examples of mess about.
With joss like that he could turn his whole mess about, you know what Chinese're like!
I got her into a pretty nasty mess about six months ago, and she ended up getting hurt pretty badly.
There's something in this mess about an escrow payment on the mortgage, do you want to wait for them to step in and sell the place out from under us and try to explain that to him?
But after some argument he acknowledges that people don't yet know what he's capable of and they'll want to mess about with his stuff, thinking they know better.
Even after the mess about Bilbeis IV had blown up, she had guided the Service's appropriation through a hostile Assembly with her usual sharp skill.
Slote's letter was a confused mess about exit visas and Brazil which she couldn't follow.
There was a whole big mess about whether or not we should follow illegal orders, and who was authorized to give legal orders, and what happened if you weren't sure.