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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Goof around

goof around & goofs around goofing around goofed around goofed around

1. goof around p.v. [informal] When you waste time playing or doing silly or unimportant things, you goof around. Fool around is the same as goof around.

My brother drives his teachers crazy. He constantly goofs around and creates problems.

Stop goofing around and get to work.

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present tense

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past tense

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help out

help out & helps out

helping out

helped out

helped out

1. help... out (with) p.v. When you help out or help people out, you assist them in doing some work or you lend or give them money or something else that they need.

Can you help me out? I need a hundred bucks until payday.

We had a lot of work to do, so Maria helped out.