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footsie
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foot·sie also foot·sy  (fts)
n. Informal
The act of flirting in which one secretly touches the feet or legs of another with one's own, as under a table.
Idiom:
play footsie with
1. To flirt with, especially in secret.
2. To cooperate or curry favor with in a sly or devious way.

[From diminutive of foot.]

footsie [ˈfʊtsɪ]
n
Informal flirtation involving the touching together of feet, knees, etc. (esp in the phrase play footsie)

Footsie [ˈfʊtsɪ]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) an informal name for Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
Translations
footsie [ˈfʊtsɪ] N to play footsie withacariciar con el pie a
footsie [ˈfʊtsi] n
to play footsie with sb → faire du pied à qn
foot soldier nfantassin m
Footsie
n (Fin inf) → Footsie(-Index) m (inf), → Financial-Times-100-Index m

footsie
n (inf) to play footsie with somebodymit jdm füßeln
footsie [ˈfʊtsɪ] n (fam) to play footsie with sbfare piedino a qn


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No sane person will play footsie with someone who has a diseased toe nail.
I really think if I ended our relationship tomorrow, he'd be more upset about not having me around to play footsie with than missing me as a person.
How can Tom Suozzi call himself a reformer while he continues to play footsie with the man whose son and brother have made tens of thousands of dollars off of New York state taxpayers?
 
 
 
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