fiddle about

fiddle about
phrasal verb fiddle around or fiddle about [intransitive]
Word forms "fiddle around":
present tense I/you/we/they fiddle around he/she/it fiddles around present participle fiddling around past tense fiddled around past participle fiddled around
1) British
fiddle around with same as fiddle I, 1)

He's been fiddling around with the VCR again.

2) British to waste time doing things that are not important or useful

English dictionary. 2014.

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