play false
Example Sentences
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If his own eyes play false with him, these freaks Of fancy shall be quickly tamed by mine; The goal is reached.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William
And if you'd play false in one thing, you would in another.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
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.
Oh, you would play false with your patron, pretending you had carried me off to the hopeless slavery of which you speak, but setting me at liberty, when we were far enough away?
From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur
You deal with your law-breakers only by the rule of legality: that is to say, you respect all the regulations of the game towards the men who play false.
From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James
