tool around
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tool around (third-person singular simple present tools around, present participle tooling around, simple past and past participle tooled around)
- (transitive and intransitive, Canada, US) To drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.
- 2001 April 26, “Pay-to-play space mission”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, US, retrieved 6 July 2012:
- It's like when you were in high school, hanging out with your friends and tooling around in your parents' jalopy.
- 2005 July 14, “Editorial: Talking heads”, in Toledo Blade, US, retrieved 6 July 2012:
- Many drivers tool around town or take long drives with cell phone in hand, one eye on the road but their mind clearly someplace else.
- 2008 September 5, “Palin can't say no to jet this time”, in azcentral.com, US, retrieved 6 July 2012:
- Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is known for selling the jet her predecessor as Alaska governor used to tool around the state. She now has one of her own.
- (idiomatic) To spend one's time idly.
References[edit]
- “tool around”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.