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was foreplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal, sometimes in preparation for sexual intercourse or another act meant to bring about orgasm.
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But that was more than a decade ago – and it was promise not fulfilment, it was foreplay not coitus, it was a dream not reality.
For Ruth Holloway and Lonnie Jackson, side by side in low-slung beach chairs beneath a striped umbrella, reading was foreplay.
It was foreplay for this.
Next up was Foreplay, a newish duo from NY Noise's power couple Jane Chardiet and Chris Hansell of Warthog.
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This may be foreplay.
Beer is for rowdier pursuits; cocktails are foreplay; hard booze is for quiet desperation.
"If wordplay is playing with words, what is foreplay?" asks Barney Reynolds.
This way they can pursue the high-level socializing that is foreplay to buying before the public or even run-of-the-mill V.I.P.'s have a chance to inspect the art on offer.
Gelb contends that "persuasion, good values and leadership won't — by themselves — cause foreign leaders to do your bidding.... To me, soft power is foreplay, not the real thing".
'Magic Mike XXL' is foreplay".
Now that's foreplay!
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