See cat around on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1998, Francis Hugh De Souza, No. 3, Templeton Place, page 171:",
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"ref": "2004, Dale Maharidge, Michael Williamson, And their children after them, page 133:",
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"(slang, sex, intransitive) To engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around; to cheat on a sexual partner."
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"To wander; to waste time or idle."
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