From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplay footsie (with somebody)play footsie (with somebody)informal a) SYto secretly touch someone’s feet with your feet under a table to show that you think they are sexually attractive b) American EnglishDISHONEST to work together and help each other in a dishonest way politicians playing footsie with each other → footsie
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play footsie (with somebody)• And, even then, Morris played footsie with prominent Republicans, such as Sen.• But who will otherwise leave her undisturbed to play footsie with sweet Riva under the very nose of the current ben Issachar.• Fed up with playing footsie with your missus? 