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phraseponce about/around1. ponce about/around BrE spoken to waste time doing silly things, instead of doing serious work: When are you two going to stop poncing around and do something useful?■ SIMILAR TO: mess around informal, muck about/around BrE informal2. ponce about/around BrE spoken informal if you say that a man is poncing about or around, you mean that the way he walks, dresses etc is more like a woman than a man - used to show disapproval: He wants to be a professional dancer. Can't you just imagine him poncing about in pink tights?
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