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• toy with (something) — 1. to think about something but not seriously. We re toying with the idea of going to Peru next year. 2. to handle something or move it around without any clear purpose. As he was speaking, he toyed nervously with a button on his jacket …   New idioms dictionary

• toy with — verb take into consideration, have in view (Freq. 1) He entertained the notion of moving to South America • Syn: ↑entertain, ↑think of, ↑flirt with, ↑think about • Hypernyms: ↑contemplate …   Useful english dictionary

• toy with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms toy with : present tense I/you/we/they toy with he/she/it toys with present participle toying with past tense toyed with past participle toyed with 1) a) toy with something to keep touching or moving something …   English dictionary

• diddle with something — in. to play with something; to toy with something. □ Here, don’t diddle with that watch …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• toy with — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you toy with an idea, you consider it casually without making any decisions about it. [V P n] He toyed with the idea of going to China... [V P n] For a time he had toyed with the notion of becoming a doctor. 2) PHRASAL VERB If… …   English dictionary

• toy with the idea —    If you consider something without giving it serious thought, you toy with the idea.     Sally has often toyed with the idea of moving abroad, but she s still here! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• toy with — verb a) handling something in a careless or frivolous manner (toying with someones feelings) b) play, especially with or as with a toy …   Wiktionary

• ˈtoy with sth — phrasal verb 1) to think about an idea in a way that is not serious I ve been toying with the idea of starting my own business.[/ex] 2) to keep touching or moving something …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• toy — toy1 [ tɔı ] noun count ** 1. ) an object that a child can play with, especially a model of a real thing such as a car or animal: boxes full of books, toys, and games a ) only before noun used for describing a toy that is a model of a particular… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• toy´like´ — toy «toy», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. something for a child to play with; plaything. Dolls are toys; so are small wagons, colored rubber balls, and wooden building blocks. 2. Figurative. a thing that has little value or importance: »a toy, a… …   Useful english dictionary