Synonyms for play false
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawls |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔls |
Top 10 synonyms for play false Other synonyms for the word play false
- beguile
- betray
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- bunk
- commit treason
- cross
- deceive
- deliver up
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- fail
- four-flush
- give away
- give up
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- leave helpless
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in trouble
- let down
- mislead
- play false
- play Judas
- play one false
- rat
- rat on
- sell down the river
- sell one's soul
- sell out
- stab in the back
- surrender
- take in
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state's evidence
- violate
- walk out on
Définition of play false
Origin :- late 12c., from Old French fals, faus (12c., Modern French faux) "false, fake, incorrect, mistaken, treacherous, deceitful," from Latin falsus "deceived, erroneous, mistaken," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint," of uncertain origin (see fail).
- Adopted into other Germanic languages (cf. German falsch, Dutch valsch, Danish falsk), though English is the only one in which the active sense of "deceitful" (a secondary sense in Latin) has predominated. False alarm recorded from 1570s. Related: Falsely; falseness.
- As in sell/sell out : verb betray
- As in betray : verb be disloyal
- As in leave in the lurch : verb abandon
- As in sell out : verb betray principles
- Then said Juno all crafty and full of guile, 'You will play false, and will not hold to your word.
- Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
- For the sake of effect, I shall not play false with philosophy.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- Did I play false with you when I saved you from the spits of the Minimuls?
- Extract from : « The Three Mulla-mulgars » by Walter De La Mare
- Turning swiftly, he snarled and bit, at them in angry disbelief that his good little legs should play false with his stout heart.
- Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
- It was not my habit to cheat and play false; here above all places, when promises would have been made, how was I to break them?
- Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
- So anxious is he to see that that young man does not play false, and regard his own interest before yours!
- Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Duke Robert was threatening; "he shall know what it is to play false with the heir of William the Norman!"
- Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis
- As Lady Macbeth says of her husband, they "would not play false, and yet would wrongly win."
- Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- All of a sudden a rumour was spread abroad that the woman was about to play false, and to peach the rest.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- The dealer can play false cards; while the adversaries cannot afford to deceive each other.
- Extract from : « Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play » by J.B. Elwell
Antonyms for play false
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