play the devil with
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He hated it, but in self-defense he repressed his homesickness and began to play the devil with his wit.
From Time Magazine Archive
They will play the devil with his tyres.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
Oh, beauty, beauty! terrima causa belli, thou dost play the devil with the hearts of men!
From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
Economy would play the devil with me, Harvey.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
It does play the devil with an ordinary man when he's given his very soul to—to a woman like you, to a great woman.
From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens
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