footle about in English

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

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

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "footles about",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "footled about",
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        "To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around."
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        {
          "word": "footle around"
        },
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          "word": "mess around"
        },
        {
          "word": "mess about"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "footle about"
}

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    {
      "form": "footles about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "footling about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "footled about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "footled about",
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        "To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around."
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      "word": "footle around"
    },
    {
      "word": "mess around"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "footle about"
}

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"footle about" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms