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Phrase(s): play footsie with someone
1. to get romantically or sexually involved with someone. (Refers literally to secretly pushing or rubbing feet with someone under the table.) • Someone said that Ruth is playing footsie with Henry. • Henry and Ruth are playing footsie with each other. 2. to get involved in a scheme with someone; to cooperate with someone. • The guy who runs the butcher shop was playing footsie with the city meat inspector. • Henry was playing footsie with the mayor in order to get the contract.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs