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Play off

"Play off" in a Sentence (4 examples)

After tripping, Sara tried to play her embarrassment off by laughing with everyone else.

Although he's obviously hungover, he's trying to play it off as food poisoning.

Stalin's propensity to play off his subordinates against one another is a well-studied theme.

to play off tricks

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