play false
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The artist must have comrades, and the comrades may play false; well, then the artist must take care of herself.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Now I tell you what will occur if you play false with me.”
From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish
Always be careful how you play your small cards, and never play false cards.
From The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 by Herbert Corey Leeds
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 Robert Smythe Hichens
She must not play false even with him.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens
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