play on

play on

vb (intr)

1. (adverb) to continue to play

2. (preposition) Also play upon to exploit or impose upon (the feelings or weakness of another) to one's own advantage

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) (adverb) Cricket to hit the ball into one's own wicket

Translations

? play on

vi → weiterspielen

vi +prep obj (also play upon) (= exploit) sb’s fears, feelings, good nature → geschickt ausnutzen; (= emphasize) difficulties, similarities → herausstreichen; the hours of waiting played on my nerves → das stundenlange Warten zermürbte mich; the author is playing on words → der Autor macht Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel