kid around
idiom
: to speak in a way that is not serious : to say things that are not true in a joking way
I'm not really angry—I'm just kidding around.
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Just the nicest, most talented, and most decent kid around.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 29 July 2025
Unsurprisingly, some folks couldn't help but kid around with Carrie after her reply.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2023
Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge kid around ahead of a chat about their new movie Spoiler Alert at N.Y.C.'s 92NY.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
Elon Musk may like to kid around on Twitter , but his impending ownership of the platform is no joke, to him or anyone else.
—Laura Forman, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022
At Berkeley, students who were ostracized in their hometowns, often for being the only blind kid around, became part of a rich lineage, and a vast disability community.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Mar. 2022
Keaton’s father, Joe, would toss the kid around the stage like a bowling ball.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 29 July 2025
Unsurprisingly, some folks couldn't help but kid around with Carrie after her reply.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2023
Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge kid around ahead of a chat about their new movie Spoiler Alert at N.Y.C.'s 92NY.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
Elon Musk may like to kid around on Twitter , but his impending ownership of the platform is no joke, to him or anyone else.
—Laura Forman, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022
At Berkeley, students who were ostracized in their hometowns, often for being the only blind kid around, became part of a rich lineage, and a vast disability community.
—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Mar. 2022
Keaton’s father, Joe, would toss the kid around the stage like a bowling ball.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
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“Kid around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kid%20around. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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