play false
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"Well, they would not dare to play false."
From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Hemyng, Bracebridge
Secretly already she was beginning to play false with fate, and, in flat repudiation of her last night's compact, to indulge the hope that her soldier had not been even wounded.
From An Echo Of Antietam 1898 by Bellamy, Edward
After his defeat he acted in a manner that gave rise to suspicions that he intended to play false to the emperor.
From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Morris, Charles
The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
And how many are there who play false in life, less from the gain than the gratification of vanity!—a kind of diabolical pride in outwitting and overreaching those whose good faith has made them weak!
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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