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What is another word for trifle with?

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To toy with

To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner

To entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

To blatantly set out to attract

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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Verb

To toy with

treat in a cavalier fashion

play ducks and drakes with

play fast and loose with

fool with

“Yet he has shown a willingness to trifle with it at a time when it is more important than ever to Australia's security.”

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To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner

tinker at the edges of

tinker with the edges of

play around

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

touch without permission

handle without permission

vandalize^US

color^US

vandalise^UK

colour^UK

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To entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

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To blatantly set out to attract

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

lead down the garden path

victimise^UK

outmaneuver^US

give someone a bum steer

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

trap

sell

distort

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

use for one's own ends

ill-use

leverage

control

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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

not take into consideration

let something go downhill

keep one's distance from

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

refuse to acknowledge

let bygones be bygones

give someone the brush-off

sweep under the carpet

sweep under the rug

indulge

deal rapidly with

deodorise^UK

deodorize^US

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

tell someone to get lost

look right through someone

give the cold shoulder to

give the thumbs down to

baulk at

not accept

not take advantage of

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the big E

give someone the go-by

hand someone the frozen mitt

have nothing more to do with

give a wide berth to

bin off

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

give the cold shoulder

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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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