- play someone false
- idi to betray or mislead someone
From formal English to slang. 2014.
play someone false
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play someone false — To act falsely or treacherously towards a person • • • Main Entry: ↑false * * * I deceive or cheat someone II prove treacherous or deceitful toward someone … Useful english dictionary
play someone false — deceive or cheat someone. → false … English new terms dictionary
false — [fôls] adj. falser, falsest [ME < OFr < fals < L falsus, pp. of fallere, to deceive: see FAIL] 1. not true; in error; incorrect; mistaken [a false argument] 2. untruthful; lying; dishonest [a false witness] 3. disloyal; unfaithful [a… … English World dictionary
false — falsely, adv. falseness, n. /fawls/, adj., falser, falsest, adv. adj. 1. not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: a false witness. 3. not faithful or loyal; treacherous: a false friend. 4.… … Universalium
false — /fɔls / (say fawls), /fɒls / (say fols) adjective (falser, falsest) 1. not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement; a false accusation. 2. uttering or declaring what is untrue: false prophets; a false witness. 3. deceitful; treacherous;… …
false — adjective 1》 not according with truth or fact. ↘invalid or illegal: false imprisonment. 2》 deliberately intended to deceive. ↘artificial. 3》 not actually so; illusory. ↘used in names of plants, animals, and gems that superficially… … English new terms dictionary
false — [[t]fɔls[/t]] adj. fals•er, fals•est, adv. 1) not true or correct; erroneous; wrong: a false statement[/ex] 2) uttering or declaring what is untrue; lying: a false witness[/ex] 3) not faithful or loyal; treacherous; hypocritical: a false… … From formal English to slang
false — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of persons ] Syn. perfidious, faithless, treacherous, unfaithful, disloyal, dishonest, lying, untruthful, base, hypocritical, double dealing, knavish, roguish, malevolent, rascally, scoundrelly, mean, malicious,… … English dictionary for students
play false — verb conceal one s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well • Syn: ↑bamboozle, ↑snow, ↑hoodwink, ↑pull the wool over someone … Useful english dictionary
Spider's Web (play) — Infobox Play name = Spider s Web image size = writer = Agatha Christie date of premiere = September 27, 1954 Country of Origin = United Kingdom original language = English Spider s Web is a 1954 play by crime writer Agatha Christie. BackgroundIt… … Wikipedia
