Mess around
Mess around verb - To spend time in aimless activity.
To mess and mess around are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To mess" with "Mess around", this terms are similar.
To mess
Mess around and to mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mess around" instead a verb phrase "To mess".
Both terms in one sentence
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I told you not to mess around with that thing, didn't I tell you not to mess around with that thing!?
Source: Film / The Mummy (1999)
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