play games

1. Be evasive or deceptive, as in Don't play games with me—I want an honest answer. Also see play the game.

Example Sentences

The Nintendo Switch - a handheld console which connects to a TV to play games on a big screen - is the third-best selling console in history.

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"If something caught his ear, he'd start to play games."

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She said she got her phone to "contact my parents to know that I'm safe when I walk to the park on my own to meet up with a friend and mostly I just play games on it like Roblox".

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“The New Republic” labeled Johnson’s admission as “accidental,” which, as with Vance’s, sounds like more wishful thinking: The Speaker’s very clear, very concise answer was “Because when you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire government, Chuck Schumer and the radicals over there will continue to play games with people’s paychecks, their livelihoods,” Johnson said.

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“He’s the kinda guy who’s like ‘I respect Americans too much to play games.

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