fooled with
Toyed around with
Fooled with means to have handled, tinkered with, or messed around with something casually or experimentally: I fooled with the settings but couldn't fix it.
It can also mean to have engaged in a casual romantic or sexual relationship: They fooled with each other in college.
The phrase sometimes implies reckless involvement with something dangerous: He fooled with drugs for a while.
- toyedHandled without seriousness
- messed withInterfered or teased
- fiddledToyed idly with
- fiddled aroundSpent time unproductively
- misledCaused to believe falsely
monkeyed with · led astray · modified · tricked · hoodwinked · dabbled · bamboozled · deceived · trifled · adjusted · conned · duped · tinkered · dallied · altered · tweaked · juggled · faked
fooled withleft alone
Not interfered with
ignored · let be · neglected · abandoned · disregarded
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