he plays around a lot
Somebody ——s
She dabbles in astronomy
He plays around with investments but he never makes any money
Somebody ——s something
Somebody ——s VERB-ing
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you shouldn't play around with a child's future
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He's not the kind of guy who plays around. [=fools around, messes around]
She's been playing around on her husband.
She's been playing around with one of her coworkers.
When it comes to protecting his family, he doesn't play around. [=fool around, mess around]
You can't play around with diabetes; it's a very serious disease.
It's time to stop playing around [=fooling around] and get busy.
I spent the evening playing around on the piano/computer/Internet.
I'm not really a painter; I just like to play around with paints.
I see you've been playing around with the living room furniture again.
The supervisor played around with our work schedules this week.
We played around with the idea for a while but eventually realized that it just wouldn't work.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.