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toy with

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toy with
Verb
1. to consider an idea without being serious about it or being able to decide about it: I've been toying with the idea of setting up my own firm
2. to keep moving (an object) about with one's fingers, esp. when thinking about something else: Jessica sat toying with her glass
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Verb1.toy withtoy with - take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
flirt with, think about, think of, entertain
contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
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If a poor man wished to toy with it, he must either starve or find a rich friend to be his patron, to give him work to do that would leave him time to write also.
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We do not toy with sharp swords nor hug a gnawing fox to our breast for choice.
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Hilbery had accomplished his task, he resumed his crouching position again, and began to toy with the little green stone attached to his watch-chain.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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