"muck around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mucks around [present, singular, third-person], mucking around [participle, present], mucked around [participle, past], mucked around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} muck around (third-person singular simple present mucks around, present participle mucking around, simple past and past participle mucked around)
  1. To muck about.
    Sense id: en-muck_around-en-verb-Ks2Emghv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around)

Inflected forms

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