play false

WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!

Verb play false has 1 sense

bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false - 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"
--₁ is one way to deceive, betray, lead astray
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

play play a joke on play a trick on play along play around play back play ball play down play false play games play girl play group play group school play hard play havoc play hooky play hyponyms

Sponsored (shop thru our affiliate link to help maintain this site):

Check latest bestsellers | New Arrivals in Electronics