variants
or footsy
1
: a furtive flirtatious caressing with the feet (as under a table)
2
: a usually surreptitious cooperation or negotiation with someone supposed hostile to one's own interests
—usually used with play
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This means that those footsies won’t develop the malodorous aroma that haunts the bottoms of sleeping bags on long overnighters, even when worn for a few days in a row.
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Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
There’s been no indication of secret footsie with other franchises, a la the Miami Dolphins and a certain aging QB.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
March 31 interview with FBI agents to see the shameless mental havoc wreaked by people like Trump and every Republican politician and pundit pimping, or even playing footsie with, a profoundly false election narrative.
—Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2021
Instead of rejecting these forces, too many members of today’s Republican Party play footsie with them – or flat-out embrace their rhetoric and ideas.
—Jill Filipovic, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
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Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
There’s been no indication of secret footsie with other franchises, a la the Miami Dolphins and a certain aging QB.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
March 31 interview with FBI agents to see the shameless mental havoc wreaked by people like Trump and every Republican politician and pundit pimping, or even playing footsie with, a profoundly false election narrative.
—Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2021
Instead of rejecting these forces, too many members of today’s Republican Party play footsie with them – or flat-out embrace their rhetoric and ideas.
—Jill Filipovic, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
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“Footsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footsie. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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