fool around with someone

fool around with someone
fool around with (someone) to have sex with someone other than your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner.

It's hard to believe that any man can get caught fooling around with another woman and still manage to keep his wife on his side.


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  • fool around with — (someone) to have sex with someone other than your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner. It s hard to believe that any man can get caught fooling around with another woman and still manage to keep his wife on his side …   New idioms dictionary

  • fool around with — ˌfool a ˈround with ˌfool a ˈbout with ˈfool ˌwith [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle …   Useful english dictionary

  • fool around with — phrasal verb fool around with or fool about with or fool with [transitive] Word forms fool around with : present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle fooling around with past tense fooled around with …   English dictionary

  • fool about with — ˌfool a ˈround with ˌfool a ˈbout with ˈfool ˌwith [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with …   Useful english dictionary

  • fool around — phrasal verb fool around or fool about [intransitive] Word forms fool around : present tense I/you/we/they fool around he/she/it fools around present participle fooling around past tense fooled around past participle fooled around 1) to behave in …   English dictionary

  • fool about with — phrasal verb fool around with or fool about with or fool with [transitive] Word forms fool around with : present tense I/you/we/they fool around with he/she/it fools around with present participle fooling around with past tense fooled around with …   English dictionary

  • fool around — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fool around, you behave in a silly, dangerous, or irresponsible way. [V P] They were fooling around on an Army firing range... [V P with n] Have you been fooling around with something you shouldn t? 2) PHRASAL VERB If… …   English dictionary

  • fool around — I. play, play around, goof off, horse around    We don t fool around in her class. She s very strict. II. have sex with someone who is not your spouse, have an affair    Rita asked Jon for a divorce. She knows he s been fooling around …   English idioms

  • fool around — 1) someone s been fooling around with the controls Syn: fiddle, play (around), toy, trifle, meddle, tamper, interfere, monkey (around); informal mess (around) 2) informal my husband s been fooling around Syn: philander, womanize …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fool with — To meddle with officiously, irresponsibly or thoughtlessly • • • Main Entry: ↑fool * * * toy with; play idly with I like fooling with cameras ■ tease (a person) we ve just been fooling with you * * * fool with [phrasal verb] …   Useful english dictionary

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