fool with
Example Sentences
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“I don’t fool with it. I sold twice as many books before the internet.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
"I don't fool with the law," he said in a recent interview.
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2022
It uses cameras akin to Face ID, we’re told, so not something you’d fool with a photo Tencent does make it sound like it won’t necessarily be scanning the faces of minors, though.
From The Verge • Jul. 9, 2021
“He didn’t even want to fool with Nike,” said Roland Lazenby, author of the 2014 book “Michael Jordan: The Life.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2019
But you didn’t hear Granny complain about having to trim wicks, clean smoked-up lamp chimneys, and fool with kerosene when other ladies could just pull a ceiling cord to get light.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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