bugger about; bugger around
verb
1
to waste time UK, 1923.
2
to meander, to wander pointlessly around UK, 1923.
3
to inconvenience or make difficulties for someone UK, 1957.
4
to be unfaithful to your wife, or husband, etc. Whilst the act may well remain the same the sense here is not to commit adultery with someone but, rather, is defined in terms of the person spurned CANADA, 1980.
5
to fiddle with something or someone; to caress or interfere with someone UK, 1937