fidget around

fidget around

To compulsively move around in a nervous or restless manner. Mary, stop fidgeting around like that and sit still! My mother always fidgets around the house when we have company.
See also: around, fidget
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fidget around

to wiggle and twitch nervously. The child sat there, fidgeting around for over ten minutes. Please don't fidget around so.
See also: around, fidget
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bomb around
  • find way around
  • go around and around
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
  • faunch around
  • around (one's) ears
  • chippy around
  • gaze around
  • dart around
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