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Meanings of toy with in English

Take into consideration, have in view.

Usage of toy with in English
1
But that doesn't give people the right to toy with his career.
News.com.au
2
Carl Icahn is just the latest financier to toy with Hertz Global.
Reuters
3
That familiar pout returned as she continued to toy with his wings.
Embrace the darkness
4
The bird might have been a child's toy with its gimpy motion.
Cormac: the tale of a dog gone missing
5
Her hand lifted to toy with the front clasp of her bra.
Mad enough to marry
6
And what did you toy with in your mind as your picture?
The new yorker
7
A discomforting thought, still I toy with it, like a shiny-dangerous bauble.
Existence
8
Basically, our world doesn't have a thermostat that liberals can toy with.
Obama zombies: how the liberal machine brainwashed my generation
9
For the birds, anyway, take them away to eat or toy with.
The Irish Times
10
I briefly toy with the idea of winding him up, then reject it.
The Jennifer Morgue
11
Niall gave him protection from the way they could toy with his emotions.
Fragile Eternity
12
But all he said was, Then see ye don't toy with me, Senna.
The irish warrior
13
It's the latest in the Army's continued efforts to toy with cellular aging.
Wired
14
It is a game but we really don't toy with it.
The new yorker
15
I'd never seen another Adem idly toy with something like this while talking.
The Wise Man’s Fear
16
He may toy with the clichΘs but he ultimately avoids them.
The Irish Times
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Toy with through the time
Toy with across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common