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fool with

fool with verb: to involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner.

Verb

fool with (third-person singular simple present fools with, present participle fooling with, simple past and past participle fooled with)

  1. (transitive) To involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner.
    • If you fool with the Mafia, expect to get hurt.

Forms of fool with

third-person singular presentfools with
present participlefooling with
past participlefooled with
pastfooled with

Questions about fool with

What does fool with mean?
Fool with means to involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner.
What part of speech is fool with?
Fool with is a verb.
What is the past tense of fool with?
The past tense of fool with is fooled with.

Words near fool with in the dictionary

  1. fool me once, shame on you
  2. fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
  3. fool rack
  4. fool to oneself
  5. fool up
  6. fool with
  7. fool's acre
  8. fool's acres
  9. fool's bargain
  10. fool's cap
  11. fool's cicely

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