play footsie

idiom

informal

: to secretly touch another person's foot with one's own foot as a way of showing sexual attraction

He was playing footsie with her under the dining room table.

: to secretly work with or help someone in a way that is dishonest or wrong

world leaders playing footsie with terrorists

Examples of play footsie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At the same time, its decision to play footsie with conspiracies related to election software (as opposed to embracing them wholesale) has been damning in two ways. —

Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2021

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