play favorites
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play favorites (third-person singular simple present plays favorites, present participle playing favorites, simple past and past participle played favorites)
- To show favoritism towards one party.
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Further reading edit
- “play favourites”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “play favourites”, in Collins English Dictionary.