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ENACT |
Play out |
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PAY |
Earnings left out of play |
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THEATREGOERS |
They go out to play |
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HAUNT |
When ghosts come out to play |
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ROVER |
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would
go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player
of such a ball. |
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BOPEEP |
The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen,
so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out
and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. |
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STUMP |
To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or
knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off
his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. |
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FINESSE |
To attempt, when second or third player, to make a
lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is
out, risking the cha... |
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RUBBER |
...rd or the
fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber;
also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three ... |
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BY |
... or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place,
by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition
than it is now; as, by-business,... |