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toyed with

toyed with is the simple past and past participle of toy with.

Meaning of toy with

Verb

toy with (third-person singular simple present toys with, present participle toying with, simple past and past participle toyed with)

  1. (idiomatic) To handle something in a careless or frivolous manner.
    • You shouldn't toy with someone's feelings.
  2. (idiomatic) To play, especially with or as with a toy.

Questions about toyed with

What is toyed with the simple past and past participle of?
Toyed with is the simple past and past participle of toy with.

Words near toyed with in the dictionary

  1. toychests
  2. toydom
  3. Toye
  4. toyear
  5. toyed
  6. toyed with
  7. toyer
  8. toyers
  9. Toyes
  10. toyesis
  11. toyest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toyed with (page history and authors); toy with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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