āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
play with
/plËeÉĒ wÉĒð/
to play with
[phrase form: play]
01
āĻā§āϞāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to consider an idea or possibility without fully committing to it
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They 've played with the possibility of relocating the company headquarters.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒā§āϤāϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž, āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to casually or aimlessly touch something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't play with the remote; you'll mess up the settings.
āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻž; āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϏ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to deceive someone for amusement or personal gain
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team felt like the coach was playing with their careers by not giving them ample playing time.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϞāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
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