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played games

played games is the simple past and past participle of play games.

Meaning of play games

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.

Questions about played games

What is played games the simple past and past participle of?
Played games is the simple past and past participle of play games.

Words near played games in the dictionary

  1. played fine
  2. played first fiddle
  3. played for love
  4. played for time
  5. played full
  6. played games
  7. played God
  8. played gooseberry
  9. played hardball
  10. played havoc
  11. played hell with

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