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Idiom

tool around

Meaning

To spend one's time idly.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We just spent the afternoon tooling around the park.”

“Since we had no plans for the weekend, we just tooled around the house and watched movies.”

“Instead of preparing for the upcoming presentation, he spent his final hours of freedom tooling around the city, aimlessly exploring the quiet, empty streets.”

Examples

simple

“We just spent the afternoon tooling around the park.”

contextual

“Since we had no plans for the weekend, we just tooled around the house and watched movies.”

complex

“Instead of preparing for the upcoming presentation, he spent his final hours of freedom tooling around the city, aimlessly exploring the quiet, empty streets.”

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