play false
Example Sentences
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Sir Thomas Teddeman, who was sent by Sandwich to attack the Dutch at Bergen, was suspected by the Danish governor of intending to play false, was fired on by the batteries, and was beaten off.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
It is as if the eye should conspire to cheat the hand, or the one hand play false to the other.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
And if you'd play false in one thing, you would in another.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
It was not human nature—not even woman’s—to play false in such sans façon.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne
She must not play false even with him.
From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson
