toy with (someone)

to encourage someone to believe you care about them when you do not.

Don't fool yourself by thinking he wants a serious relationship — he's famous for toying with women.

Related vocabulary: lead someone on

• given half the chance
• give notice
• give notice to
• give notice to someone
• given to
• given to doing something
• give or take
• give or take something
• give out
• give pause
• give pause for thought
• give pride of place
• give props to
• give props to someone
• give rise to
• give rise to something
• give short shrift
• give someone a bad name
• give someone a bell
• give someone a bloody nose
• give someone a break
• give someone a buzz
• give someone a dirty look
• give someone a dose of own medicine
• give someone a dose of their own medicine