play on ˈwords
81play with fire — Synonyms and related words: bell the cat, brave, chance, court danger, court destruction, dare, defy danger, face up to, flirt with death, forget the odds, gamble, go for broke, hazard, play Russian roulette, risk, run the chance, run the risk,… …
82play fast and loose — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King John. KING PHILIP: Good reverend father, make my person yours, And tell me how you would bestow yourself. This royal hand and mine are newly knit, And the conjunction of our inward souls Married in league,… …
83play ball — Synonyms and related words: act in concert, act together, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, associate, band, band together, be in league, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, concert, concord, concur, confederate, consolidate …
84play down — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deprecate, depreciate, detract from, diminish, downplay, dull, dwarf …
85play dumb — Synonyms and related words: be mute, be silent, bosom, classify, conceal, file and forget, forswear speech, hold out on, in petto, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep in ignorance, keep mum,… …
86play on — Synonyms and related words: abuse, bleed, bleed white, deceive, drain, exploit, foist on, ill use, impose on, impose upon, make use of, manipulate, milk, misuse, pass off on, pass the buck, presume upon, put across, put on, put over, put upon,… …
87play out — Synonyms and related words: blow, break down, burn out, collapse, crack up, droop, drop, faint, fatigue, flag, gasp, get tired, give out, grow weary, jade, pant, peter out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, run down, run out, sink, succumb, tire,… …
88play safe — Synonyms and related words: clear the decks, consider every angle, forearm, guard against, hedge, leave out nothing, make sure, make sure against, overlook no possibility, prepare for, protect, provide a hedge, provide against, provide for, reef… …
89play the market — Synonyms and related words: be caught short, be short, belong, bucket, bucketshop, deposit margin, go long, hold on, make a killing, make a scoop, margin up, miss the market, operate, overstay the market, plunge, pyramid, scalp, scoop the market …
90play up to — Synonyms and related words: act up to, agree to anything, approach, blarney, break the ice, brown nose, butter, butter up, court, cultivate, curry favor, dance attendance on, fall all over, fall over, fawn upon, get around, handshake, honey,… …
