grandstand play
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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
Last week, still ailing and still talking of retirement, the 73-year-old Premier launched a desperate grandstand play to prolong his political life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harry Walker's circus catch was not a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was this grandstand play which made Dick Whitney president of the Exchange next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
You couldn't expect me to compete with a hero, who is making such a grandstand play as Morley.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
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