From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpiss about/around phrasal verb British English spoken not polite1 BEHAVEto waste time doing stupid things with no purpose or plan SYN mess about/aroundStop pissing about and get some work done!2 TREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDS piss somebody about/around to treat someone badly by not doing what you have promised to do, or by not being honest with them SYN mess somebody about/aroundI wish he’d say yes or no – he’s been pissing me around for weeks. → piss→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
piss about/around• Even if it s one of the juniors pissing around on their computer and modem. 