arse about
(slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, vulgar) The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.
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(slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, vulgar) The wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.
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(obsolete, slang) To turn round.
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