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Synonyms

play games

Idioms  
  1. Be evasive or deceptive, as in Don't play games with me—I want an honest answer. Also see play the game.


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Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Alas, Netflix Playground is an app for children 8 and younger, where kids can play games featuring characters from Sesame Street and Peppa Pig.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

He references Xbox's server outage in late July, in which users couldn't play games even if they owned the discs and how "nobody liked that".

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

“This transition will enable us to align more closely with how most of our community prefers to access and play games today.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

When my mom didn’t have to work, we would log in at the same time and play games or go on interactive storybook adventures together.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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