arse around

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arse around

To behave in a silly or unproductive manner. Primarily heard in UK. The problem with hiring such young people for manual labor is that they always want to arse around instead of doing their work. Quit arsing around, we've got some serious work we need finished! You'd already be done your homework if you didn't arse around so much!