Phrase guide
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verb
To drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, intransitive, transitive
Synonyms: cruise
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To spend one's time idly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fool around, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about, dick around, diddle, dilly-dally, dretch, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, footle, forslow, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jerk off, lallygag, lamp, laze, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollop, lollygag, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, piddle, pingle, stand by, tarry, tool around, waste time, while
Antonyms: none provided
verb
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: joyride, tool
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ride
History
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