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play silly beggars

play silly beggars is the alternative form of play silly buggers.

Meaning of play silly buggers

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, idiomatic) To act in a stupid or reckless manner.
    • "Look," he said, "it's just fate playing silly buggers with you. With me. With us. It's a complete coincidence."1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 95

Forms of play silly beggars

third-person singular presentplays silly beggars
present participleplaying silly beggars
past participleplayed silly beggars
pastplayed silly beggars

Questions about play silly beggars

What is play silly beggars the alternative form of?
Play silly beggars is the alternative form of play silly buggers.

Words near play silly beggars in the dictionary

  1. play pussy
  2. play room
  3. play rooms
  4. play safe
  5. play second fiddle
  6. play silly beggars
  7. play silly buggers
  8. play small
  9. play someone at their own game
  10. play someone false
  11. play someone like a bass fiddle

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