grandstand play
Example Sentences
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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
Was France preparing a grandstand play to show the power of the French franc by causing a great withdrawal of gold from New York?
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike the drain on the Bank of England it could be nothing but a grandstand play for the U. S. has still twice as much gold in its vaults as France.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even in today's big war of divisions, the Green Berets have somehow man aged to remain individualists; occasionally they come up with a grandstand play that is hard to equal.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he realized he was licked he tried to save his face by a grandstand play.
From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
