Idioms

play off (one group against another)
to match opposing persons or forces or interests for one`s own gain
Nobody likes the supervisor because he is always trying to play off one group of workers against another.

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  • play on/upon (something)
  • play one's cards close to one's chest
  • play one's cards right
  • play one's trump card
  • play politics
  • play possum
  • play second fiddle to (someone)
  • play the devil's advocate
  • play the field
  • play the fool
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  • take (someone) to the cleaners
  • brush up on (something)
  • a hop, skip and a jump
  • hold water
  • get under (someone's) skin
  • make sense out of (someone or something)
  • possessed by (something)
  • in need of (someone or something)
  • hold off (someone) or hold (someone) off
  • scrape (something) together or scrape together (something)


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