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What is another word for trifle with?

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To toy or trifle with, especially another person or their emotions

To entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

To engage in something in a casual or nonserious way

To act flirtatiously, especially just for fun

To exploit someone for one's personal gain

To deceive or fool someone

To fail to care for or pay attention to

To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

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To toy or trifle with, especially another person or their emotions

treat in a cavalier fashion

play ducks and drakes with

play fast and loose with

fool with

“She knew better than to trifle with his feelings, as he had been hurt before.”

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To entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

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To engage in something in a casual or nonserious way

touch without permission

handle without permission

fool around with

mess about

tinker at the edges of

work amateurishly on

puddle

play around with

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

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Verb

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To act flirtatiously, especially just for fun

make romantic advances to

womanize^US

womanise^UK

toy with someone's affections

trifle with someone's affections

dally with someone's affections

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To exploit someone for one's personal gain

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To deceive or fool someone

lead up the garden path

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

pull the wool over someone's eyes

victimize^US

victimise^UK

lead down the garden path

outmaneuver^US

give someone a bum steer

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

give wrong information to

throw dust in someone's eyes

give the wrong impression

twist around your little finger

put someone up to something

be economical with the truth

lie through one's teeth

tell a terminological inexactitude

depart from the truth

sell a bill of goods to

do someone in the eye

slip something over on

misrepresent the truth

distort the truth

betray one's true intentions

make somebody look an idiot

exploit a loophole in

tamper with

go one better than

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To fail to care for or pay attention to

leave something undone

pay little attention to

have nothing to do with

fail to take advantage of

minimize^US

minimise^UK

give something a miss

keep one's distance from

let something go downhill

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into consideration

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

fiddle while Rome burns

belittle

flout

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

cock a snook at

scoff at

put aside

refuse to acknowledge

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the brush-off

cut dead

consign to oblivion

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder to

have done with

cease to remember

erase from memory

let bygones be bygones

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

sweep under the carpet

marginalize^US

pretend not to notice

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

discredit

isolate

sideline

refuse to have anything to do with

fail to take account of

marginalise^UK

tell someone to get lost

laugh away

relinquish

renounce

look right through someone

repress one's memory of

shy away from

recoil from

leave off

give someone the big E

put down

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

hand someone the frozen mitt

break with

have nothing more to do with

cut off

bin off

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

swear off

give the elbow

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Verb

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To waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

do nothing in particular

moulder^UK

molder^US

sit back and do nothing

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