play a losing game
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Lausche does not like to play a losing game or to back a risky candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
She, too, could play a losing game with dignity, grace, and pride; even if, as in this case, it was the cruellest game that a girl can be called upon to play.
From Too Old for Dolls A Novel by Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)
But I'm a man of the world and know how to play a losing game at billiards as well as most men.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
To refuse to give him this chance merely because you are weak in trumps, is to play a losing game.
From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis
But this time you must play a losing game!
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
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