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play for love

play for love verb: to play a game of cards without stakes.

Verb

play for love (third-person singular simple present plays for love, present participle playing for love, simple past and past participle played for love)

  1. (idiomatic) To play a game of cards without stakes.

Forms of play for love

third-person singular presentplays for love
present participleplaying for love
past participleplayed for love
pastplayed for love

Questions about play for love

What does play for love mean?
Play for love means to play a game of cards without stakes.
What part of speech is play for love?
Play for love is a verb.
What is the past tense of play for love?
The past tense of play for love is played for love.

Words near play for love in the dictionary

  1. play fight
  2. play fights
  3. play fine
  4. play first fiddle
  5. play for a fool
  6. play for love
  7. play for time
  8. play full
  9. play games
  10. play God
  11. play gooseberry

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