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(chiefly Britain, intransitive, idiomatic) To waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.

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fanny about

Source Word

fanny about

Verb

Britain idiomatic intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

時間を無駄にする、だらだらと無意味な行動をとる / ふざけ回る、的外れな行動や遊びばかりする

Don't fanny about; we need to catch the train.

電車に乗らなければならないんだから、時間を無駄にしないで。

Sense（1）

Then he dithered and fannied about.

Sense（2）

(chiefly Britain, transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To wander about or prowl around.

fannies about

（ present singular third-person ）

fannying about

（ participle present ）

fannied about

（ participle past ）

fannied about

（ past ）