tool around

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Verb1.tool around - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of ittool around - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
joyride, tool
driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
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