Definitions

play false

VERB

betray

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon deceive forsake mislead seduce

STRONG

bluff cross delude desert finger jilt knife trick

WEAK

be unfaithful bite the hand that feeds you blow the whistle break faith break promise break trust break with commit treason deliver up double-cross go back on inform against inform on let down play Judas sell down the river sell out stab in the back take in turn in turn informer turn state's evidence walk out on

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist help stay

WEAK

be faithful be loyal be quiet defend hide keep secret protect support

VERB

sell out

Synonyms

WEAK

betray double-cross rat sell one's soul stab in the back

VERB

sell/sell out

Synonyms

WEAK

beguile break faith bunk cross deceive deliver up delude disappoint double-cross fail four-flush give away give up mislead rat on sell down the river stab in the back surrender take in violate

Antonyms

WEAK

guard protect

Example Sentences

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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

You deal with your law-breakers only by the rule of legality: that is to say, you respect all the regulations of the game towards the men who play false.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

And if you'd play false in one thing, you would in another.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf

Did I play false with you when I saved you from the spits of the Minimuls?

From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter

Mirabeau could not play false, without losing, not only his income, but an eventual sum of £40,000.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

play false

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