What does fuss around mean?

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fuss around

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

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fusses around (present, singular) fussing around (participle, present) fussed around (participle, past) fussed around (past)

What does fuss around mean?: To engage in useless, annoying or unhelpful activities.

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