Ask about
Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of health
Bang about
Move in a place making a lot of noise
Bash about
Mistreat physically
Boss about
Use excessive authority to control people
Bring about
Make something happen
Clown about
Behave stupidly or waste time
Come about
Happen, occur
Doss about
Spend time doing very little or being unproductive
Faff about
Behave indecisively
Fall about
Laugh a lot
Fart about
Waste time doing silly things
Ferret about
Search for something
Fiddle about
Waste time doing silly things, or doing things unsuccessfully
Flash about
Show something to make sure people know about it
Float about
Be somewhere near, though not visible
Fly about
Circulate (rumours, etc)
Fool about
Not be serious
Gad about
Visit a lot of different places for pleasure
Get about
Visit many places
Go about
Deal with something
Hang about
Spend time somewhere not doing much
Hear about
Get to know some information
Kick about
Discuss
Knock about
Beat someone
Lark about
Behave in a silly way
Mess about
Not be serious, not use something properly
Mooch about
Spend time doing little or nothing
Mope about
Move around being miserable
Nose about
Look for something hidden or secret
Order about
Boss or command someone in an unpleasant way
Pal about
Be friendly and spend time with someone
Play about
Be silly
Poke about
Move things around or search in a casual way to try to find something
Potter about
Spend time doing little things for pleasure
Push about
Bully, treat badly
Root about
Look in a place to try to find something
Scout about
Look in different places for something
See about
Arrange, consider
Set about
Start doing something
Sit about
Sit and do nothing, especially when you should be working
Slob about
Be lazy, do nothing
Stand about
Spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing or very little
Swan about
Move in a dramatic or affected manner
Toss about
Discuss something freely and openly, but not very seriously
Wait about
Wait somewhere doing nothing