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To talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.

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Usage examples (37)
  • There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they are usually the same lot who philander during the winter--albeit with less convenience.
  • Indeed 'philander', as a word rather than a name, has only negative connotations ...
  • But it was one thing to free a horse-thief, and another to stop and "philander" with him.
  • Clinton philanderered or, should I say, philander erred.
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