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To dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity.
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He sat there goofing off all day instead of working.
Submitted on June 04, 2010
More phrases:
- keep away from
- keep up
- mess around
- mop up
- put down
- put down to
- put up
- run across
- run around
- run off
- take down
- take on
- team up
- tell apart
- tie up
- top up
- zoom past
- a different ballpark
- all of a sudden
- apply oneself
- at peace
- baggage
- catch-as-catch-can
- catch-as-catch-can
- cherry-pick
- chow down
- company
- eat one's words
- false step
- follow through
- get a jump on
- get into trouble
- get somebody's goat
- give birth
- give birth
- good luck with that
- grunt work
- honest-to-goodness
- in the nick of time
- it takes two to tango
- keep one on one's toes
- lion
- low-hanging fruit
- no slouch
- one at a time
- one of those days
- out of order
- out of the question
- out to lunch
- pardon my french
- play old harry
- pull one's head in
- red letter day
- right on
- roll out the red carpet
- rough around the edges
- round of applause
- rule of thumb
- sack out
- second banana
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