Play a losing game
see under losing battle
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verb phrase
- Play at something
verb phrase To pretend to do something: Play tennis? Well, I play at it (1840+)
- Play a waiting game
Delay an action or decision so as to force an opponent to move or to gain additional information. For example, The lawyer advised her to play a waiting game and see if her husband would come up with more alimony. [ Late 1800s ]
- Playback
[pley-bak] /ˈpleɪˌbæk/ noun 1. the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made. 2. (in a recording device) the apparatus used in producing playbacks. 3. the recording so played, especially the first time it is heard or viewed after being recorded. 4. the response […]
- Playback-head
noun 1. the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.