flute around
Flute around is Irish slang meaning to waste time, mess about, or fiddle around unproductively — to fuss ineffectually or drift through the day without accomplishing anything.
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Flute around is Irish slang meaning to waste time, mess about, or fiddle around unproductively — to fuss ineffectually or drift through the day without accomplishing anything. The register is mildly exasperated but affectionate; it's what someone does when they're avoiding work or pottering about without purpose. Characteristically Irish in its combination of mild disapproval and tolerance; calling someone out for flutin' around implies they should get on with things but without serious censure.
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(slang, intransitive, Ireland) To waste time.
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