play false
Example Sentences
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To release the eagle would be to play false to Shamash.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Always be careful how you play your small cards, and never play false cards.
From The Laws of Euchre As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 by Herbert Corey Leeds
She must not play false even with him.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens
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 Charles James Lever
The dealer can play false cards; while the adversaries cannot afford to deceive each other.
From Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play with Illustrative Hands and the Club Code of Bridge Laws by J.B. (Joseph Bowne) Elwell
