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play the Nazi card

play the Nazi card verb: to invoke the reductio ad Hitlerum argument in a dialogue or debate.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) To invoke the reductio ad Hitlerum argument in a dialogue or debate.

Forms of play the Nazi card

third-person singular presentplays the Nazi card
present participleplaying the Nazi card
past participleplayed the Nazi card
pastplayed the Nazi card

Questions about play the Nazi card

What does play the Nazi card mean?
Play the Nazi card means to invoke the reductio ad Hitlerum argument in a dialogue or debate.
What part of speech is play the Nazi card?
Play the Nazi card is a verb.
What is the past tense of play the Nazi card?
The past tense of play the Nazi card is played the Nazi card.

Words near play the Nazi card in the dictionary

  1. play the man
  2. play the man and not the ball
  3. play the man not the ball
  4. play the man, not the ball
  5. play the mischief with
  6. play the Nazi card
  7. play the odds
  8. play the ponies
  9. play the pronoun game
  10. play the race card
  11. play the same tape

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