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
Then, in a grandstand play, Jackson phoned a stockbroker and announced that the dividend was $3.80 a share.
From Time Magazine Archive
He accused Rickenbacker, in effect, of staging a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harry Walker's circus catch was not a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, however, he decided on a grandstand play.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
