play false

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play false - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  play false
      v 1: 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's eyes
           , lead by the nose, play false
           ]