PLAY FALSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does play false mean? 

• PLAY FALSE (verb)
  The verb PLAY FALSE has 1 sense:

1. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

  Familiarity information: PLAY FALSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAY FALSE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow

Context example:

He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Hypernyms (to "play false" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody