to flirt
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5.1
- verb
- /flɜrt/
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- It's unwise to flirt with danger by experimenting with unknown chemicals.
- flirt with nuclear war
- states flirt with
Ted, wait, you may not know it, but you're flirting with a deadly danger.
- Ted, wait, you may not know it, but you're flirting with a deadly danger.
- OK, I bring this up because you guys are really flirting with authoritarianism.
- But I think the higher yields go right now, the greater chance of people flirting with recession.
- It was its its, its president was flirting with the Soviet Union and China and us.
- Your experience, you know, kind of flirting with SSRI's and, and not getting any kind of results.
- And of course Byzantine, flirting with heresies like iconoplasm.
- You know, you've got some Canadians, you have some British people, you've got some Australians, and they're all flirting with Trumpism.
- Some people flirt with it, but the wealthiest people, it's an obsession for them.
- If you're more in that like normal endurance athlete, now you're starting to flirt with possibly inhibiting your performance.
- Yes, a lot of a lot of yeah, they were really flirting with like, yo, maybe because.
- That time could possibly exist, but in the beginning, all we need is time to flirt.
Examples
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They are flirting with mob rule.
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It's a hard problem, and I think we were flirting with that earlier.
Blog text (22) -
When does the American government flirt with criminal behavior, even in the name of national interest?
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In the aftermath, some state systems have already flirted with disaster.
Academic text (2005) -
I was at a workshop recently flirting with the idea of purchasing a smaller home.
Blog text (23) -
OK, I bring this up because you guys are really flirting with authoritarianism.
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Like it's not about glorifying, it's flirting with danger.
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To be in paper IOUs in any form in this crisis is flirting with disaster.
Blog text (6) -
You're flirting with danger.
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While many of the stories flirt with the supernatural, the ending is always rational, suggesting the paradoxical rationality of Catholicism.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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2.5
Behave in a way to trick or amuse someone
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5.5
To handle something in a playful, not serious way
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3.6
Act in a silly, playful way instead of working
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3.5
To act in a careless, playful way instead of doing something important
How Careless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flirt when used with danger keeps that same idea of light play: it means to 'play' with risk rather than fully commit to it. So to flirt with danger or an idea is to act carelessly or test it without meaning to take it seriously.