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TOY WITH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toy with mean?
• TOY WITH (verb)
The verb TOY WITH has 1 sense:
1. take into consideration, have in view
Familiarity information: TOY WITH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take into consideration, have in view
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
entertain; flirt with; think about; think of; toy with
Context example:
He entertained the notion of moving to South America
Hypernyms (to "toy with" is one way to...):
contemplate (consider as a possibility)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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