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play a double game

play a double game phrase: to be two-faced or to engage in double-dealing.

Phrase

play a double game

  1. (British, English) to be two-faced or to engage in double-dealing

Questions about play a double game

What does play a double game mean?
Play a double game means to be two-faced or to engage in double-dealing.
What part of speech is play a double game?
Play a double game is a phrase.

Words near play a double game in the dictionary

  1. Plautzes
  2. plaw
  3. plaws
  4. Plawsworth
  5. play
  6. play a double game
  7. play a part
  8. play a role
  9. play a rôle
  10. play about
  11. play against type

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