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horse around
verb
- informal.intr, adverb to indulge in horseplay
Idioms and Phrases
Indulge in frivolous activity or play. For example, The boys were horsing around all afternoon . This term presumably alludes to horseplay , which has meant “rough or boisterous play†since the late 1500s. [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
Most of the sheltered animals' owners have been identified, and several owners spent Tuesday afternoon walking their horses around the stables.
Among racing’s many problems is that there are no dedicated air shipping companies that make moving horses around the country easy.
That error of judgement, it later transpired, was her whipping a horse around its legs during a training session.
Dujardin pulled out of the Olympic Games on 23 July after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse around its legs in a training session.
He fashioned a helmet years ago — with a motor and a gear system — that spins two horses around the top of his head.
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