over playing

And you couldn't accuse him of over-playing, though he certainly looked too bad to be true.

When the Fair Persian had given over playing, the caliph cried out, What a voice!

The very children have an awful respect for me, and give over playing directly they see me.

That is the man all over—playing tricks on people, on the most sacred form of life that he can find.

At last the judge exclaimed, quite out of breath, "I grant you your life; do but give over playing."