Usually means: To meddle or tamper carelessly.
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  1. fool with: Merriam-Webster
  2. fool with: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fool with: Wiktionary
  4. fool with: Dictionary.com
  5. fool with: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fool with: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fool with)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner.

Similar:
fool about, fool up, fool around, tomfool, fool, befoozle, play the fool, act a fool, play for a fool, monkey around, more...

Opposite:
wise up, smarten up, catch on, figure out

Phrases:
fool around with, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, more...

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Similar:
fool about, fool up, fool around, tomfool, fool, befoozle, play the fool, act a fool, play for a fool, monkey around, more...

Opposite:
wise up, smarten up, catch on, figure out

Phrases:
fool around with, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, more...



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