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toy with

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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.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
We do not toy with sharp swords nor hug a gnawing fox to our breast for choice.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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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