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play the white man

play the white man verb: to act with honour, decency, and responsibility.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, informal, intransitive, potentially offensive) To act with honour, decency, and responsibility.

Forms of play the white man

third-person singular presentplays the white man
present participleplaying the white man
past participleplayed the white man
pastplayed the white man

Questions about play the white man

What does play the white man mean?
Play the white man means to act with honour, decency, and responsibility.
What part of speech is play the white man?
Play the white man is a verb.
What is the past tense of play the white man?
The past tense of play the white man is played the white man.

Words near play the white man in the dictionary

  1. play the skin flute
  2. play the something card
  3. play the system
  4. play the victim card
  5. play the wag
  6. play the white man
  7. play therapies
  8. play therapy
  9. play through
  10. play to
  11. play to the cheap seats

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