[play hookey] {v. phr.} Be absent (without good excuse), shirk (lessons, […]

[play hooky] {v. phr.}, {informal} To stay out of school to […]

[play into one's hands] {v. phr.} To be or do something […]

[play one false] {v. phr.}, {literary} To act disloyally toward (a […]

[play one's cards right] or [play one's cards well] {v. phr.}, […]

[play ostrich] {v. phr.} To refuse to face painful facts or […]

[play politics] {v. phr.} To make secret agreements for your own […]

[play possum] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pretend to be asleep. […]

[play safe] or [play it safe] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be […]

[play second fiddle] {v. phr.}, {informal} To act a smaller part; […]