prat about in English

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    {
      "form": "prats about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratting about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratted about",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratted about",
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        "past"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done."
        }
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        "To waste time doing pointless or silly things"
      ],
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          "pointless"
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          "silly",
          "silly"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To waste time doing pointless or silly things"
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prat about"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prats about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratting about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratted about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pratted about",
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        "past"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste time doing pointless or silly things"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To waste time doing pointless or silly things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prat about"
}

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"prat about" meaning in English

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