play false
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That they might be considered a guard of honor rather than spies sent out to see that he did not play false never occurred to him.
From The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower
"Well, they would not dare to play false."
From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng
The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Berthold Auerbach
Now, in return, I make one request of you, that is that you all do as you have agreed to; don’t play false one with the other.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
It is as if the eye should conspire to cheat the hand, or the one hand play false to the other.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
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