play false
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If his own eyes play false with him, these freaks Of fancy shall be quickly tamed by mine; The goal is reached.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by William Knight
"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
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
She must not play false even with him.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens
Do you suppose that if you were in Pierre's place, and I knew where you were concealed, that I could be hired to play false to you?
From Frank Among The Rancheros by Harry Castlemon
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