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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  • read (someone's) mind
  • waiting in the wings
  • make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • lay/light into (someone)
  • sore loser
  • cry over spilt milk
  • above reproach
  • get ahead
  • go it alone
  • in for (something)


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