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fool with verb phrase To spend or waste time with (an activity, person, or concern considered of little consequence).
1863 Rector CW Letters (May 20) a man was fooling with his gun last night drunk the pin went off shot him through the body he died immediately after he was shot 1956 Hall Coll (Byrds Creek NC) They wouldn’t fool with you ... Me and ever’body else went to foolin’ with [moonshining]. 1992 Joslin Mt People II 158 We fool with this here mill and raise some garden. We can still work pretty good.