Definitions
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- v. To compete against in a play-off.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. set into opposition or rivalry
Etymologies
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Examples
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Replied the old trot, “As thy head liveth, O my daughter, I will play off higher-class rogueries in Baghdad than ever played Calamity Ahmad or Hasan the Pestilent.”
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So Zaynab said to her mother, “Up and play off some feint and fraud that may haply make us notorious” — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
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The main consequence of this is the acronyms available for activist groups seeking to play off of the vaccine’s name.
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So, an thou take aught, they will find it and thou wilt veil my face,225 whilst I go and play off my practice in front of the palace and feign to cast thee into the sea.
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Dalilah the Wily, she said, “I have a mind to play off another trick,” to her daughter who answered, “O my mother, I fear for thee;” but the beldam cried, “I am like the bean husks which fall, proof against fire and water.”
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a few days from then I began to play off again, so Mr. Edmondson thinking the high porch punishment was too good for me, made it harder for me.
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