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played like

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

Meaning of play like

Verb

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

  1. (Southern US) To pretend.

Questions about played like

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

Words near played like in the dictionary

  1. played it cool
  2. played it for all it's worth
  3. played it pear-shaped
  4. played it safe
  5. played it straight
  6. played like
  7. played merry havoc with
  8. played merry hell with
  9. played nice
  10. played Nostradamus
  11. played number two

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played like (page history and authors); play like (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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