splash around

splash around
splash about & splash around
1. to move about in a volume of a liquid, splashing. •

The children splashed about in the pool.

They splashed around for an hour.

2. [for a liquid] to move about, splashing. •

The water splashed about in the bucket.

It splashed around as I carried the bucket.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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