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dallied with

VERB

have love affair

Synonyms

WEAK

be insincere with carry on cosset fool around frivol frolic gambol have a fling lead on play around rollick romp tamper wanton

Example Sentences

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Before taking control of the Gaullist party in 1976, Mr. Chirac dallied with the Communist and Socialist Parties.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019

Douglass dallied with Brown and then, abruptly, withdrew his support from the Harper’s Ferry raid.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018

Now, it turns out our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, also dallied with another species.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2016

From Pinocchio to Free Willy, from Whale Rider to Blackfish, cinema has frequently dallied with what the whale might, or might not, mean.

From The Guardian • Dec. 6, 2015

Having dallied with the priesthood in the Anglican Church, he abandoned it to become a caseworker.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison