gad around
phr. v..phr. v.. to travel from place to place for fun or pleasure, especially when you should be doing something more serious.
phr. v.. to travel or wander restlessly and aimlessly for pleasure or social activity; often carries a pejorative nuance of being irresponsible or frivolous.
She spends all her weekends gadding around the city.
Instead of finishing his thesis, he spent the entire summer gadding around Europe with his friends.
While the rest of the staff worked overtime to meet the deadline, the manager was seen gadding around various networking events and cocktail parties.
often used with 'about' instead of 'around' in British English; usually implies the subject is wasting time.
the word 'gad' is an old verb meaning to wander; it is rarely used today outside of this phrasal verb and the related noun 'gadabout'.
He gads around to the shops.He gads around the shops.the phrase is often used with a direct object representing the area or location, so 'to' is unnecessary.