flail about

To move one's body, often the limbs, in an erratic or clumsy way. The last time I tried ice skating, I spent most of the time flailing about and trying desperately not to fall.

flail about

or flail around

To engage in rapid, frantic, undirected movements or activity: The baby cried and flailed about as we looked for the bottle. After I caught the fish, it flailed around in the bottom of the boat.

See also: flail

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

a home from home
any time means no time
(it's) time to move along
against time
against the clock
any time
(it's) time to run
anytime
(it's) time to push along
about time

References in periodicals archive

This period bears witness not to an artist who lost his footing only to flail about in bad taste, but to one pursuing with bold consistency the same attitude he asserted from the very start.

JACQUES CHARLIER

In some cases, rheumatic fever leads to Sydenham's chorea, a severe movement disorder in which the arms and legs flail about rapidly and uncontrollably

Does strep trigger movement disorders?

词组	flail about
释义	flail about flail about To move one's body, often the limbs, in an erratic or clumsy way. The last time I tried ice skating, I spent most of the time flailing about and trying desperately not to fall. See also: flail Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. flail about or flail around v. To engage in rapid, frantic, undirected movements or activity: The baby cried and flailed about as we looked for the bottle. After I caught the fish, it flailed around in the bottom of the boat. See also: flail The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: a home from home any time means no time (it's) time to move along against time against the clock any time (it's) time to run anytime (it's) time to push along about time References in periodicals archive This period bears witness not to an artist who lost his footing only to flail about in bad taste, but to one pursuing with bold consistency the same attitude he asserted from the very start. JACQUES CHARLIER In some cases, rheumatic fever leads to Sydenham's chorea, a severe movement disorder in which the arms and legs flail about rapidly and uncontrollably Does strep trigger movement disorders?
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