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View synonyms for play the game

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Behave according to accepted customs, obey the rules. For example, Not every foreign company can be counted on to play the game . The game here alludes to a sport with a set of rules. [Late 1800s] Also see play games .

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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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