单词 | to fool with |
释义 | > as lemmasto fool with —— to fool with —— 1. intransitive. To toy, meddle, or interfere with (someone or something); to mess about with. Now often with the implication that the activity is foolish, typically because dangerous or irresponsible. ΚΠ ?1644 J. Taylor Most Curious Mercurius Brittanicus Answer'd 7 I could fool with the quondam Grooms name. 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iv. i My heart is too much in earnest to be fooled with. ?1747 State of Nation Consider'd 20 We are suspended between Hope and Fears, trifling with a War, and fooling with Negociations. 1884 Manch. Examiner 28 June 4/6 The accused..began fooling with a loaded gun. 1888 Detroit Free Press 6 Oct. 1/4 You don't want to fool with those Quakers any, and don't you forget it. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice viii. 71 I began to fool with her blouse, to bust the buttons, so she would look banged up. 1992 N. Maclean Young Men & Fire i. i. 36 When you fool with a backfire, you are really fooling with fire. 2010 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Mar. 68/2 Don't phone and drive, don't fool with the MP3 player and drive. 2. intransitive. To tease, joke with (someone). ΚΠ 1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine i. 16 Really and truly, you chaps are too easy! We've just been fooling with you. 1995 R. E. Nichols Birds Algonquin Legend 84 I was only fooling with you, little brother, and you took me seriously! 2011 @tomcat0506 23 July in twitter.com (accessed 16 June 2020) Only fooling with you m8, I'm not the spelling police. < as lemmas |
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