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
Was France preparing a grandstand play to show the power of the French franc by causing a great withdrawal of gold from New York?
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike the drain on the Bank of England it could be nothing but a grandstand play for the U. S. has still twice as much gold in its vaults as France.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harry Walker's circus catch was not a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
So leave me alone with your last big efforts—and grandstand play for glory.
From Stand by for Mars! by Glanzman, Louis
