Idioms

play hard to get
to be coy and shy
The young woman was playing hard to get but actually she wanted to go on a date with the young man.

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  • play hooky
  • play innocent
  • play into (someone's) hands
  • play it by ear
  • play it cool
  • play it safe
  • play off
  • play off (one group against another)
  • play on/upon (something)
  • play one's cards close to one's chest
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  • fill out (something) or fill (something) out
  • light into (something)
  • slip away
  • live in
  • no holds barred
  • played out
  • on (someone or something's) last legs
  • a snap
  • in the shape of (something)
  • smack dab in the middle


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