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To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.
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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
It's easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude than with rude demands and negativity.
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you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You can't have it both ways.
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hold with the hare and run with the hounds
To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.
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hold with the hare and run with the hounds
To remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.
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play around
To behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.
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play down
To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.
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play up
To misbehave.
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play along
To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
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child's play
Something particularly simple or easy.
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grandstand play
A successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.
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play around
To work with in a non-serious manner.
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play around
To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.
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play ball
An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball.
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play ball
To start anything tumultuous.
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play ball
To work together; to cooperate.
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play dumb
To pretend to be mute.
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play dumb
To pretend to be slow-witted or lacking in specific knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or to gain some advantage.
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play games
To deceive, to lie about one's intentions.
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play hardball
To act rough and ruthless, especially in politics or business.
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play hardball
To use every means possible to achieve a goal, especially in disregarding the harm caused.
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play hookey
To be absent without permission, especially from school.
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play hooky
To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse.
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play possum
To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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play possum
To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low.
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play possum
To feign sleep, illness, etc.
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play up
To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
It is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.
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play for love
To play a game of cards without stakes.
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play it safe
To take a cautious, risk-free approach.
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play old harry
Blenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..
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play old harry
To play the devil; to make mischief.
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play on words
A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
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play second fiddle
To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
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play silly buggers
To act in a stupid or reckless manner.
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play the field
To date more than one person at the same time.
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play the fool
To behave in a foolish or comical manner.
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play the ponies
To bet on horse racing.
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play fast and loose
To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions.
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play fast and loose
To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits ones purpose.
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play it by ear
To do something by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur.
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play it by ear
To play a song according to how it sounds, rather than from a written score.
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play one against another
To manipulate two persons into competing against one another in a way that benefits the person carrying out the manipulation.
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play one's cards right
To act sensibly; to make the right moves.
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play someone like a fiddle
Skilfully.
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play the race card
Donald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.
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play the race card
Mark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.
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play the race card
To assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.
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play the same tape
To repeat exactly what one previously said or did.
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play to the gallery
To appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.
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