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play with edge-tools

play with edge-tools verb: to deal carelessly with dangerous matters.

Verb

play with edge-tools (third-person singular simple present plays with edge-tools, present participle playing with edge-tools, simple past and past participle played with edge-tools)

  1. To deal carelessly with dangerous matters.

Forms of play with edge-tools

third-person singular presentplays with edge-tools
present participleplaying with edge-tools
past participleplayed with edge-tools
pastplayed with edge-tools
alternative formplay with edged tools

Questions about play with edge-tools

What does play with edge-tools mean?
Play with edge-tools means to deal carelessly with dangerous matters.
What part of speech is play with edge-tools?
Play with edge-tools is a verb.
What is the past tense of play with edge-tools?
The past tense of play with edge-tools is played with edge-tools.

Words near play with edge-tools in the dictionary

  1. play upon
  2. play upon words
  3. play well with others
  4. play with
  5. play with a full deck
  6. play with edge-tools
  7. play with edged tools
  8. play with fire
  9. play with house money
  10. play with oneself
  11. play'd

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