trifle with
Example Sentences
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Adult tyrannosaurs, she adds, probably wouldn’t trifle with such small creatures because they didn’t provide many calories.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
For “a spell,” she writes in her book, “Flyover Nation,” the phone directory didn’t trifle with some people’s full names, simply listing them with nicknames like “Clunker,” “Boots” and “Speedy.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021
To me that translates to zero need to trifle with any of this.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2021
“The stakes were far, far too high for them to trifle with settling scores with me or any other civilian,” he said.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2019
He had a giant scar slanting down each cheek and seemed like no one to trifle with.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
