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View synonyms for toy with

toy with

  1. Amuse oneself idly with, trifle, as in He teased her, toying with her as a cat toys with a mouse . [Early 1500s]

  2. Treat casually or without seriousness, as in I'm toying with the idea of writing a novel . [Early 1800s]



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"You become sentimental about your child's toy, but you're nostalgic of the time you used to play with that toy with your child," explains Kiosses.

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Intagliata toyed with the idea of retirement a few years prior.

They toyed with a sleek coffee table book with gorgeous photos of the house.

Director Robert O’Hara’s noir version of ‘Hamlet,’ starring Patrick Ball and premiering at Mark Taper Forum, audaciously but incoherently toys with Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Director Jennifer Chang toyed with the idea of casting an actual married couple in the roles, but once she witnessed the chemistry between Reaser and Harner, she knew she had made the correct choice.

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