What are some opposite words for play around?
Antonyms for play aroundplay around
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term play around.
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play aroundverb
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.
Stop playing around, and get on with your homework.
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To work with in a non-serious manner
You could build even more interesting components called amplifiers and begin playing around with amplifiers.
Synonyms:
fool aroundplay aroundverb
To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.
Synonyms:
fool around
Princeton's WordNet
play around, fool aroundverb
commit adultery
"he plays around a lot"
Synonyms:
arse around, fool around, fool, horse around, dabble, smatterdabble, smatter, play aroundverb
work with in an amateurish manner
"She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
Synonyms:
fool around, splash around, babble, blether, smatter, blather, dabble, paddle, blither
How to use play around in a sentence?
I think something that is realistic is playing the tour one day, never full time, ever again, but pick and choose, just like Mr.( Ben) Hogan did, pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that. You practice around that, and you gear yourself up for that. And you play. I think that’s how I ’m going to have to play it from now on.
Photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart:
There is actually nothing to do in the center, and that means that even though there would be a (soccer ball) there, they wouldn't play around because they are afraid. And even though (some of the migrants) of course have a lot of energy, they cannot use it.
I wasn't going to play around with 'Mom dented the car and how are we going to keep Dad from finding out about it,'.
Normally, we would taste our products and play around with them. But we were hesitant to immediately try and taste because we’re talking about a protein that hasn’t existed for 5,000 years. I’ve got no idea what the potential allergenicity might be of this particular protein, that’s one of the reasons why we’re not offering this as a product. It’s not going to go up for sale, because we’ve got no idea about the safety profile of this particular product.
Good Foodie founder Yumna Jawad:
You could have so much fun with this, you could play around with corn elote, or try dips and sauces like chipotle lime mayo, Sriracha mayo, garlic and herb butter or even barbecue sauce.
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