play games

See also: playgames

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Verb

play games (third-person singular simple present plays games, present participle playing games, simple past and past participle played games)

1. (idiomatic) To deceive; to lie about one's intentions.

   Stop playing games with me and tell me the truth.

   • "Accusing Governor Carey of playing games with taxpayers in his $12.7 billion budget, the Senate majority leader, Warren M. Anderson of Binghamton, said today that it would face rough sledding, in the Republican led State Senate." - New York Times, 1979

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• game-plays, gameplays