play about
The phrase "play about" is versatile and often used informally to describe various non-serious actions.
🇺🇸 US Voice:
🇬🇧 UK Voice:
Definition
B2General
(informal)To engage in playful or aimless activity without a specific goal.
Example
- The children were playing about in the park all afternoon.
B2Behavior
(informal)To behave in a careless or unserious manner.
Example
- Stop playing about and finish your homework.
C1Relationships
(informal)To have a casual romantic or sexual relationship.
Example
- They were just playing about and not looking for anything serious.
B2Experimentation
(informal)To experiment or tinker with something in a non-serious way.
Example
- He likes to play about with different recipes in the kitchen.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "play about":
play inplay atact outplay toplay outplay onmake a playat playplay withword playin playplay alongplay aroundplay upplayed outtread the boardssex playmystery playpassion playgrandstand play