footle around in All languages combined

Forms: footles around [present, singular, third-person], footling around [participle, present], footled around [participle, past], footled around [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} footle around (third-person singular simple present footles around, present participle footling around, simple past and past participle footled around)

Inflected forms

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        "To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around."
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        },
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          "word": "mess about"
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    {
      "form": "footles around",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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    },
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        "To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around."
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}

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"footle around" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms