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play on

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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
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? play on
viweiterspielen
vi +prep obj (also play upon) (= exploit) sb’s fears, feelings, good naturegeschickt ausnutzen; (= emphasize) difficulties, similaritiesherausstreichen; the hours of waiting played on my nervesdas stundenlange Warten zermürbte mich; the author is playing on wordsder Autor macht Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel


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Each guild had its patron saint, and after a time the members of a guild began to act a play on their saint's day in his honor.
They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it.
Then he called to the miser, and said, 'Tell us now, you vagabond, where you got that gold, or I shall play on for your amusement only,'
 
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