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Phrasal Verb: Fiddle about

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Fiddle about - Waste time doing silly things, or doing things unsuccessfully
Example:
We spent the whole afternoon FIDDLING ABOUT with the computer but couldn't get it to work.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 3 phrasal verbs with 'FIDDLE'

- Fiddle about
- Fiddle around
- Fiddle away

 
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