\n
Someone has played a trick on him.
\n(i.e. deceived him or gave\u00a0 him a surprise.)<\/p>\n
2- PLAY THE INNOCENT<\/span><\/b> 3- PLAY DEAF<\/span><\/b> 4- PLAY AT<\/span><\/b> 5- PLAY A ROLE<\/span><\/b> 6- PLAY BALL<\/span><\/b> 7- PLAY ONE’S CARDS RIGHT<\/span><\/b> 8- PLAY FAIR<\/span><\/b> 9- PLAY SECOND FIDDLE TO<\/span><\/b> 10- PLAY WITH FIRE<\/span><\/b> 11- PLAY THE FOOL<\/span><\/b> 12- PLAY TO THE GALLERY<\/span><\/b> 14- PLAY HAVOC WITH<\/span><\/b> 15- PLAY HOST TO<\/span><\/b> 16- PLAY SAFE<\/span><\/b> 17- PLAY FOR TIME<\/span><\/b> 19- PLAY THE SYSTEM<\/span><\/b> 20- PLAY FAST AND LOOSE WITH SOMETHING<\/span><\/b> 21- PLAY AROUND WITH<\/span><\/b> 22- PLAY ALONG<\/span><\/b> 23- PLAY SOMETHING DOWN<\/span><\/b> 24- PLAY OFF<\/span><\/b> 25- PLAY BACK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/b> 26- PLAY DOWN<\/span><\/b> 27- PLAY ON<\/span><\/b> 28- PLAY OUT<\/span><\/b> 29-\u00a0 PLAY ONESELF OUT<\/span><\/b> 30-\u00a0 PLAY UP<\/span><\/b> 31- PLAY UP TO<\/span><\/b> 32- PLAY ALONG WITH<\/span><\/b> 33- PLAY DEAD<\/span><\/b> 34- PLAY OFF AGAINST<\/span><\/b> 35-MAKE A PLAY FOR SOMETHING<\/span><\/b> 36-MAKE GREAT PLAY FOR SOMETHING<\/span><\/b> 37-\u00a0 A PLAY ON WORDS<\/span><\/b> 1- PLAY A TRICK Someone has played a trick on him. (i.e. deceived him or gave\u00a0 him a surprise.) 2- PLAY THE INNOCENT The accused tried to play the innocent in the court. (i.e. tried to pretend to be innocent.) 3- PLAY DEAF I complained about his son but he played deaf. (i.e. pretended not …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,8042],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe accused tried to play the innocent in the court.
\n(i.e. tried to pretend to be innocent.)<\/p>\n
\nI complained about his son but he played deaf.
\n(i.e. pretended not to hear anything.)<\/p>\n
\nWhat the hell is he playing at?
\n(i.e. shows anger because you think he is doing something stupid or wrong.)<\/p>\n
\nThe UN would play a major role in monitoring a ceasefire.
\n(i.e. UN would he involved in it and have an effect on it.)<\/p>\n
\nThe association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks refuse to play ball
\n(i.e. if the banks are unwilling to do what they are required to do.)<\/p>\n
\nYou can be the next captain of the team if you play your cards right.
\n(i.e. if you act skilfully and use\u00a0 the advantages that you have.)<\/p>\n
\nThe government is not playing fair, said the opposition leader.
\n(i.e. not behaving in a responsible and honest way.)<\/p>\n
\nShe did not want to play second fiddle\u00a0 to the secretary.
\n(i.e. did not want that her position be less important.)<\/p>\n
\nThose who are agitating for higher wages are playing with fire.
\n(i.e. doing something dangerous.)<\/p>\n
\nThey used to play the fool together calling each other silly names and giggling.
\n(i.e. they behaved in a playful, childish and polish way.)<\/p>\n
\nI must tell you that in my opinion you are now playing to the gallery.
\n(i.e. trying to impress people.)
\n
\n13- PLAY INTO SOMEONE’S HANDS<\/span><\/b>
\nYou are playing into the hands of your insincere friends.
\n(i.e. doing what they want you to do.)<\/p>\n
\nOur corrupt rulers have played havoc with democracy.
\n(i.e. have damaged it.)<\/p>\n
\nThe Prime Minister will play host to the French president.
\n(i.e. will act as host to him.)<\/p>\n
\nIf you want to play safe, reduce the intake of salt.
\n(i.e. if you do not want to take any risk.)<\/p>\n
\nThe president’s decision is being seen as an attempt to play for time.
\n(i.e. he is trying to mark time.)
\n
\n<\/span>18- PLAY TRAUNT<\/span><\/b>
\nHe often plays truant from school.
\n(i.e. stays away from school without permission.)<\/p>\n
\nAccountants know how to play the tax system.
\n(i.e. can use the rules cleverly to gain advantages.)<\/p>\n
\nRulers play fast and loose with people’s money.
\n(i.e. careless about what they do, not obeying the law.)<\/p>\n
\nWill you stop playing around with the mobile phone?
\n(i.e. stop fiddling with it.)<\/p>\n
\nShe felt she had to play along or risk losing her job.
\n(i.e. to pretend to agree to do what one wants in order to get an advantage.)<\/p>\n
\nThe white house spokesman sought to play down the importance of the event.
\n(i.e. tried to lessen the importance of.)<\/p>\n
\nThe top two teams will play off at Sharja for the World Cup.
\n(i.e. play the last game in a sports competition.)<\/p>\n
\nI played the tape back.
\n(i.e. listened to the sounds or watched the pictures after recording them.)<\/p>\n
\nBoth America and Pakistan are playing the matter down.
\n(i.e. trying to make people believe that it is not particularly important.)<\/p>\n
\nThey are playing on the fact that people don’t like corrupt rulers.
\n(i.e. using the fact to gain an advantage)<\/p>\n
\nThe measures taken by the government were played out against a background of rising prices.
\n(i.e. the measures were taken in a way that seems to have been planned or thought about before.)<\/p>\n
\nThe captain of our cricket team has played himself out.
\n(i.e.\u00a0 has become weak and no longer useful or important.)<\/p>\n
\nThe media played up the prospectus for a settlement.
\n(i.e. emphasized it and tried to make people believe that it is important.)<\/p>\n
\nPoliticians often play up to popular opinion.
\n(i.e. they behave very politely in order to get some advantage.)<\/p>\n
\nI decided to play along with her idea.
\n(i.e. pretended that I agreed with her.)<\/p>\n
\nI decided it was safer to play dead.
\n(i.e. to pretend to be dead.)<\/p>\n
\nShe played her two rivals off against each other and got the job herself.
\n(i.e. put them in\u00a0 competition with each other and got an advantage for herself .)<\/p>\n
\nShe was making a play for the sales manager’s\u00a0 job.
\n(i.e. trying to become sales manager.)<\/p>\n
\nHe made great play of the fact that his uncle was a minister.
\n(i.e. emphasized the importance of the particular\u00a0 fact.)<\/p>\n
\nHumorists often play on words.
\n(i.e. make humorous use of words that can have two different meanings.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"