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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:
- hang on
- hit on
- keep away from
- kick around
- live up
- look on
- pack away
- punch in
- take aback
- call it a day
- dyed-in-the-wool
- eat one's words
- fat chance
- fit as a fiddle
- fresh legs
- full speed ahead
- get it
- go blue
- go without saying
- have a cow
- home stretch
- in the dark
- in the nick of time
- jump the gun
- kindred soul
- lion's share
- middle ground
- much of a muchness
- nail biter
- on steroids
- on the nose
- on the spot
- price on one's head
- pull one's weight
- put the clock back
- quake in one's boots
- quick-and-dirty
- raise a stink
- rock bottom
- run hot and cold
- same old story
- second banana
- set one's cap at
- shut down
- slip through the cracks
- small fry
- smart off
- spin one's wheels
- take it easy
- take the liberty
- test the waters
- thin-skinned
- third degree
- to die for
- tried and true
- under erasure
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- what the devil
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- come on
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