fooling with
Toying with carelessly
Fooling with means handling or tinkering with something casually, often without proper knowledge or care: Stop fooling with the thermostat.
It can suggest meddling where one shouldn't: Don't fool with that gun.
Fooling with a person can mean having a casual romantic or sexual involvement, or simply teasing them: He's been fooling with her for months.
- messing aroundIdle, aimless activity
- tinkeringCasual, unskilled adjusting
- fiddlingAimless, restless manipulation
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
- prankingPlaying harmless tricks
kidding around · improvising · jesting · having a laugh · tweaking · meddling · innovating · clowning · horsing around · teasing · bantering · joking · altering · scheming · trickery · probing · frolicking · exploring
fooling withleaving alone
Ceasing to disturb
leaving be · letting be · keeping away from · ignoring · avoiding
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