"tool around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-tool around.ogg [Australia] Forms: tools around [present, singular, third-person], tooling around [participle, present], tooled around [participle, past], tooled around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tool around (third-person singular simple present tools around, present participle tooling around, simple past and past participle tooled around)
  1. (transitive and intransitive, Canada, US) To drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal. Tags: Canada, US, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-tool_around-en-verb--2MWRvwY Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  2. (idiomatic) To spend one's time idly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tool_around-en-verb-bhuCfDbW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (around): 19 81

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tool around meaning in English (2.8kB)

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