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1play hard to get — To make a show of unwillingness to co operate with a view to strengthening one s position • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * play hard to get informal phrase to pretend not to be interested in someone who you think is sexually attractive in order to… …
2play hard to get — {v. phr.} To act as if one weren t interested; be fickle; be coy. * / Professor Brown is playing very hard to get, our dean said, but I know he will accept our offer and come to teach here. / …
3play hard to get — {v. phr.} To act as if one weren t interested; be fickle; be coy. * / Professor Brown is playing very hard to get, our dean said, but I know he will accept our offer and come to teach here. / …
4play hard to get — If someone plays hard to get, they pretend not to be interewsted or attracted by someone, usually to make the other person increase their efforts …
5play hard to get — ► play hard to get informal deliberately adopt an uninterested attitude. Main Entry: ↑hard …
6play hard to get — pretend you do not care; you do not want him When Tom invites you to go on a date, you could play hard to get …
7play\ hard\ to\ get — v. phr. To act as if one weren t interested; be fickle; be coy. Professor Brown is playing very hard to get, our dean said, but I know he will accept our offer and come to teach here …
8play hard to get — informal deliberately adopt an aloof or uninterested attitude. → hard …
9play hard to get — informal to pretend that you are less interested in someone than you really are as a way of making them more interested in you, especially at the start of a romantic relationship. Why don t you return any of his calls? Are you playing hard to… …
10Work hard, play hard — is a corporate cultural philosophy that hard work should be rewarded with fun activities (including, for instance, outings to exotic locales). Its manifestations are commonly seen in sales/marketing departments and are often tied to performance… …
