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plays silly buggers

plays silly buggers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about plays silly buggers

What is plays silly buggers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays silly buggers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play silly buggers.

Words near plays silly buggers in the dictionary

  1. plays pendulum
  2. plays politics
  3. plays possum
  4. plays pussy
  5. plays second fiddle
  6. plays silly buggers
  7. plays small
  8. plays someone at their own game
  9. plays someone like a bass fiddle
  10. plays someone like a fiddle
  11. plays someone like a violin

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