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Meaning of prat about | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To waste time doing pointless or silly things
    informal
  2. To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted.
    informal

Examples

“What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done.”
“I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

prat around prata prate prated prates prateth

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