play with

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play with

vb (intr, preposition)

1. to consider without giving deep thought to or coming to a conclusion concerning we're playing with the idea of emigrating

2. to behave carelessly with to play with a girl's affections

3. to fiddle or mess about with he's just playing with his food

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vi +prep obj to play with the idea of doing something → mit dem Gedanken spielen, etw zu tun; we don’t have much time/money to play with → wir haben zeitlich/finanziell nicht viel Spielraum; we don’t have that many alternatives to play with → so viele Alternativen haben wir nicht zur Verfügung; to play with oneself → an sich (dat) → herumfummeln

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