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What does mess about mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mess about? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To misbehave
  2. (intransitive) To be in a casual non-committal relationship
  3. (transitive) To play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person).
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People will either find the film endearing and moving or dismiss it as a sappy mess about a couple of old goats getting it on.
He stood a bit over six feet and had shoulder-length oily black hair, which was worn in a mess about his features.
Schoolchildren must be free to mess about, read, play, think, breathe... away from negative influences.
By giving discharge, the majority in this Parliament has let this chance slip, and, regrettably, the Commission has once more succeeded in obtaining a licence to mess about for the next two years.
Perhaps, it dawns on our fraternal protagonists, you really shouldn't mess about with practical jokes on the airwaves.
Why would we even attempt to mess about with it?

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