grandstand play
Example Sentences
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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
It was this grandstand play which made Dick Whitney president of the Exchange next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
His volte face could only be meant as a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, in a grandstand play, Jackson phoned a stockbroker and announced that the dividend was $3.80 a share.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Sam was walking away Joe resolved on a bold stroke, rather a grandstand play as he confessed to himself afterward, but he could not forego it.
From Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside by Chadwick, Lester
