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for fun
Also, in fun . As a joke, not seriously. For example, For fun the children told the teacher it was a holiday , or Their teasing was just in fun . [Mid-1800s]
for the fun of it ; for kicks . For pleasure or excitement. For example, He played basketball for the fun of it , or They drove around for hours, just for kicks . Also see for the hell of it .
Example Sentences
The United States has seen a steady decline in literacy in recent decades; high school and college students are less likely to read for fun, and once-robust elementary-education standards for grammar and reading comprehension have been stripped down to better teach to the test.
As it is, “Jewish Roots, American Soil” makes for fun reading even when it doesn’t quite seem to know what dots it wants to connect.
Devoting generous space to the civil rights movement, the Red Scare, rock ’n’ roll and other sociopolitical foment of the ’50 and ’60s, Freedman can adopt the tone of an earnest YA author: “The kids were looking for fun, at this stage in their lives they weren’t looking to change the world. But change the world they would. There was no colour bar to their love of music.”
"I've lost my taste for fun / I can't find meaning," she sang.
"I didn't come here for fun," he adds.
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