play footsie

Example Sentences

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Anyway, in the filing, Musk says he doesn’t want to play footsie with Twitter.

From The Verge • Apr. 14, 2022

“They’re not going to play footsie with it or shade anything.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2018

"I personally prefer to munch away on a sandwich in the privacy of an airline seat rather than being judged as you play footsie with the stranger sitting opposite."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2015

Last week Saddam seemed ready to play footsie with his promise to cooperate.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was evidently not going to play footsie with, or show any favoritism whatever toward, any woman aboard the ship.

From Masters of Space by Berry, Robert Lee