fool around vs fool with

fool around

verb
  • To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around. 

  • To engage in adultery; to play around. 

  • To waste time. 

  • To engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts. 

fool with

verb
  • To involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner. 

How often have the words fool around and fool with occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )