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Play Cat and MouseTo make someone fool by playing tricks, to annoy or tease someoneRate it:

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play the gender cardTo assert that sexism is involved in a situation, especially in order to exploit sexist or antisexist attitudes.Rate it:

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play the race cardMark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.Rate it:

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play the race cardDonald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.Rate it:

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play the race cardTo assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.Rate it:

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Pull a Fast OneTo cheat others by playing mastermind tricksRate it:

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pull my fingerA phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.Rate it:

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punch inTo enter a workplace by punching a time card.Rate it:

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punch the clockRing-In With Your Time Card or as we say; "Punch the Clock"Rate it:

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read 'em and weepWhen playing cards (usually poker) and the final hand is played, a person often shows their cards in anticipation of winning and boasts this phrase to brag that their hand is good enough to win that roundRate it:

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red cardreferee's itemRate it:

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second fiddleThe person playing second fiddle.Rate it:

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see redTo receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.Rate it:

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see yellowTo receive a yellow card.Rate it:

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snowmanA playing card with the rank of eight.Rate it:

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strike upTo start something, usually playing live music.Rate it:

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suck outTo win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.Rate it:

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symphōnīa canit (Verr. 3. 44. 105)the orchestra is playing.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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this ain't recessNot playing around, serious. Getting the task done immediatelyRate it:

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Tickle the IvoriesSkillfully playing the pianoRate it:

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tip one's handIn card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.Rate it:

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yellow cardbookingRate it:

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