Wiktionary
fools around
vb. (en-third-person singularfool around)
Usage examples of "fools around".
Everybody has terrible hidden powers, everybody is going to get back at the fools around him.
Too bad he could not replace a dozen of these fools around him with one more like Poshtli.
You saunter unconcernedly and wear a little half-smile, like you know all sorts of secrets that these poor fools around you don't, because they're not half so important and close to the crown as you are.
Messes up the punctuation and fools around with the sense any way he pleases.