We're toying with the idea of going to Peru next year.
As he was speaking, he toyed nervously with a button on his jacket.
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toy with something — … Useful english 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
