play
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～ cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack"
play
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～ cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video"
play
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～ play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
play out
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～ become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast"
play
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～ perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"
play
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～ replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
play along
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～ cooperate or pretend to cooperate; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment"
play
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～ shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"
play
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～ bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races"
play out
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～ play to a finish; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
play false
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～ conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
play
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～ consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
play off
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～ set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
play around
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～ work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"
play out
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～ deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
play
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～ be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
play out
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～ perform or be performed to the end; "How will the election drama be played out?"
play
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～ behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
play
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～ use or move; "I had to play my queen"
play down
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～ understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"