play false
Example Sentences
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She must not play false even with him.
From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson
Oh, you would play false with your patron, pretending you had carried me off to the hopeless slavery of which you speak, but setting me at liberty, when we were far enough away?
From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur
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 Leeds, Herbert Corey
"Oh!" he said, "do I behold aright, or do mine eyes play false?"
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
Do you think that I enjoy this fierce wrestling with doubts? or, having them, would you bid me play false and conceal them?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
