play false
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Mr. Ellsworth, his scoutmaster, had once said that it is always bad to play false.
From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
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 Edmonds, S. Emma E.
To release the eagle would be to play false to Shamash.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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 Findlay, G. G.
She said to herself sometimes, trying to play false even with herself, that the blame, or at least the responsibility, for this change must be laid on the shoulders of Egypt.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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