having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
mockery; derision; ridicule
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
toying with; playing with; making a plaything of (someone); treating as a plaything; trifling with
to intrigue; to play a trick on; to resort to tricks
playing with words; frivolous speech; flippant remarks; glib talk; verbosity
teasing; toying with someone's emotions