as in to fool around
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
the boys were horsing around on the boat when one of them fell overboard
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Recent Examples of horse around
That can include a weekend getaway to Santa Barbara, or just horsing around with his 5-year-old son playing a toddler version of basketball.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Turner was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England in late June.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
Melissa Joan Hart on nearly being fired from Sabrina over Maxim photo shoot: 'Worst day of my life'
Other photos on Hart’s profile show her family horsing around in the Truckee River, swimming in the lake, and relaxing on the beach.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 July 2024
Grandmaster Han An, 59; his wife, Hong, 55; sons Simon and Christian, 20 and 18, and 22-year-old daughter Hannah at first thought the sounds emanating from the Cricket Wireless store next door were just employees horsing around.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Turner was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England in late June.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
Melissa Joan Hart on nearly being fired from Sabrina over Maxim photo shoot: 'Worst day of my life'
Other photos on Hart’s profile show her family horsing around in the Truckee River, swimming in the lake, and relaxing on the beach.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 July 2024
Grandmaster Han An, 59; his wife, Hong, 55; sons Simon and Christian, 20 and 18, and 22-year-old daughter Hannah at first thought the sounds emanating from the Cricket Wireless store next door were just employees horsing around.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse around
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Oklahoma fooled around with Houston long enough to escape with a narrow 16-12 win.Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2024
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While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent.Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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As the crowd clapped and music blared, Sabalenka overcame her embarrassment and showed off her dance moves before attempting to take a picture with her Polaroid camera, only to realise the film had run out.Issy Ronald, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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The company is also showing off its smallest UST projector at CES 2025.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025
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Contra Costa County Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority has asked its customers to cut up their trees and place them in the organics cart for a month-long effort to clean up Christmas trees.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
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At Dos Reales the process begins the night before when the pork and other ingredients are cut up and refrigerated overnight.Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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Urban Meyer is getting increasingly frustrated with him and other players acting up, to the point that the stress and increasingly long work hours are beginning to really affect his physical health.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
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At a group dinner, Benji begins acting up and acting out, eventually storming away — only to be heard playing the piano in the next room, and beautifully.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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To revel or not to revel:In wake of terror attack, the music is back on in New Orleans FBI provides timeline prior to deadly attack Further investigation revealed that Jabbar stayed at a rental home in New Orleans beginning Oct. 30, 2024, according to Myrthil.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Be open always to the world around you, and the sighting of a fox, say, or a Mozart sonata overheard on a neighbor’s radio, will be reason enough to revel.airmail.news, airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024
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