mess around vs toil

mess around

verb
  • To fiddle idly. 

  • To joke, kid, or play. 

  • To have a sexual relationship, especially one which is non-commital. 

toil

verb
  • To work (something); often with out. 

  • To struggle. 

  • To labour; work. 

  • To weary through excessive labour. 

noun
  • Trouble, strife. 

  • Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. 

  • A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. 

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