Play around meaning
Play around is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to fool about instead of behaving seriously.
- Past simple
- played around
- Past participle
- played around
- -ing form
- playing around
What play around means
behave foolishlyB2informal
To fool about instead of behaving seriously
Stop playing around and listen.
1 more meaning of play around is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With play: play on, play at, play with, play along, play around with, play back, play off, play someone/something off against someone/something, play out, play up.
With around: shop around, get around, change around, come around, get around to, go around, jerk around, pass around.
Common questions
What does play around mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to fool about instead of behaving seriously. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of play around?
Played around, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
