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"
play back
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~ reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent"
play a joke on
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~ subject to a playful hoax or joke
play
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~ exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish"
play hooky
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~ play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"
play it by ear
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~ decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear"
play
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~ discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day"
play
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~ stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
play
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~ engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
play
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~ perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"
play
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~ emit recorded sound; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered"
play
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~ move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"
play
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~ perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
playact
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~ perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
plea-bargain
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~ agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years"
pleach
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~ interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"