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Discover Ludwig"trifle with" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone is treating something with a lack of seriousness or respect, or with an attitude of indifference. For example, "He trifled with her affections, promising to love her forever before quickly moving on to the next person."
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trifle with
verb
To toy with
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"This is not something to trifle with".
He's not someone you trifle with.
Nixon when he began to trifle with our Constitution.
We'd be fools to trifle with it by making change for change's sake.
"Carpe Diem" is a trifle with an astonishing amount of filler for such a short book.
Just before serving, scatter the top of the trifle with almonds and orange zest.
The Republicans, fighting dictator malfeasance, can't trifle with Democratic charges about G.O.P. donors' corporate malfeasance.
I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am.
As a travel show "Rollin' With Zach" is a trifle, with only the barest of information given out.
Such a possibility might have been remote, but after 9/11 it seemed unwise to trifle with it.
As senator, she promised to oppose any nominee who would trifle with "fundamental constitutional rights," like abortion.
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