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 

• TOY WITH (verb)

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