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phrasal verbIf you say that someone is not a person to be trifled with, you are indicating to other people that they must treat that person with respect. He was not someone to be trifled with. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] No man in Tabriz trifled with the executioner. [VERB PARTICLE noun] More Synonyms of trifle with See full dictionary entry for trifleExamples of 'trifle with' in a sentencetrifle with Perhaps the future of Europe is not something to trifle with. Synonyms of 'trifle with'toy, play, flirt, mess about waste time, waste, idle, fritter More Synonyms of trifle with Definition to treat (a person or his or her feelings) with disdain or disregard `Don't trifle with me,' was my attitude. Synonyms toy mess about dally wanton play fast and loose (informal) coquet amuse yourself palter Additional synonymsDefinition to walk slowly or lag behind They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts. Synonyms waste time, potter, trail, lag, idle, loaf, hang about, dally, loiter, dilly-dally (informal), drag your feet or heels Definition to consider lightly My mother used to flirt with nationalism. Synonyms toy with, consider, entertain, play with, dabble in, trifle with, give a thought to, expose yourself to Definition to waste I fritter my time away at coffee mornings. Synonyms squander, waste, run through, dissipate, misspend, idle away, fool away, spend like water Nearby words oftrifle with - trickster
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Additional synonymsDefinition to waste or pass (time) in idleness He idled the time away in dreamy thought. Synonyms fritter, while, waste, fool, lounge, potter, loaf, dally, loiter, dawdle, lazeDefinition to behave carelessly He's not working, he's just playing around. Synonyms fool around, toy, fiddle, trifle, mess around, take something lightly |