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play games

play games verb: to deceive; to lie about one's intentions.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To deceive; to lie about one's intentions.
    • Stop playing games with me and tell me the truth.
    • "Accusing Governor Carey of playing games with taxpayers in his $12.7 billion budget, the Senate majority leader, Warren M. Anderson of Binghamton, said today that it would face rough sledding, in the Republican led State Senate." - New York Times, 1979

play games meaning in Bengali

play games in Bengali

প্রতারণা করা

Forms of play games

third-person singular presentplays games
present participleplaying games
past participleplayed games
pastplayed games

Questions about play games

What does play games mean?
Play games means to deceive; to lie about one's intentions.
What is play games in Bengali?
Play games in Bengali is প্রতারণা করা. See Play games meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is play games?
Play games is a verb.
What is the past tense of play games?
The past tense of play games is played games.

Words near play games in the dictionary

  1. play first fiddle
  2. play for a fool
  3. play for love
  4. play for time
  5. play full
  6. play games
  7. play God
  8. play gooseberry
  9. play group
  10. play groups
  11. play hard to get

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