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Idioms and Phrases

Act for personal or political gain rather than principle, as in I don't think this judge is fair—he's playing politics . [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

In his veto message, Christie also chided Democratic lawmakers for “using their lawmaking authority to play politics.”

These are critical national security positions and individual members shouldn't play politics with their nominations.

I also had some confidence that Chief Justice John Roberts would not play politics on this one.

"It seems to me from what I hear that you want to play politics instead of comedies," said Florine, suddenly appearing.

So young Siebold can afford to play politics and insure a following, which nobody, even the professors, can stop.

We had best be prepared and not play politics or baseball or anything.

Everybody must "moral-crusade," "agitate," "press-agent," play politics.

Reformers, or most that ever I met, are only men who first tried to play politics and got licked at it.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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