Why was she mucking around in such a risky neighborhood?
I kept working on this text until I thought it was good, and then I tried not to muck around with it anymore.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
muck around with something — muck around (with (something)) to do something without a serious purpose. Why was she mucking around in such a risky neighborhood? I kept working on this text until I thought it was good, and then I tried not to muck around with it anymore … New idioms dictionary
muck around with something — ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround with sth derived (BrE, informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so that it does not work correctly Syn: ↑mess about … Useful english dictionary
muck around — (with (something)) to do something without a serious purpose. Why was she mucking around in such a risky neighborhood? I kept working on this text until I thought it was good, and then I tried not to muck around with it anymore … New idioms dictionary
muck around — (in BRIT, also use muck about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you muck around or muck about, you behave in a childish or silly way, often so that you waste your time and fail to achieve anything. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P] We do not want people of his age … English dictionary
muck about with something — ˌmuck aˈbout/aˈround with sth derived (BrE, informal, disapproving) to do sth, especially to a machine, so that it does not work correctly Syn: ↑mess about … Useful english dictionary
muck around — phrasal verb muck about or muck around Word forms muck about : present tense I/you/we/they muck about he/she/it mucks about present participle mucking about past tense mucked about past participle mucked about British informal 1) [intransitive]… … English dictionary
muck about/around with something — spoil something by interfering with it. → muck … English new terms dictionary
muck — ► NOUN 1) dirt or rubbish. 2) manure. ► VERB 1) (muck up) informal spoil. 2) (muck about/around) Brit. informal behave in a silly or aimless way. 3) ( … English terms dictionary
muck — [muk] n. [ME muk < or akin to ON myki, dung < IE base * meuk , slippery, viscous > MEEK, L mucus] 1. moist manure 2. black earth containing decaying matter, used as a fertilizer 3. a) mire; mud b) anything uncl … English World dictionary
muck about/around — (Brit. informal) 1 he was mucking about with his mates: FOOL ABOUT/AROUND, play about/around, clown about/around, footle about/around; informal mess about/around, horse about/around, lark (about/around). 2 someone s been mucking about with the… … Useful english dictionary
