It Ain't What U Wear, It's How U Play It — Infobox Album Name = It Ain t What U Wear, It’s How U Play It Type = studio Artist = Another Bad Creation Released = Start date|1993|09|21 [http://wm07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg token=ADFEAEE4791FD34AAD7120C59C2B4CC6BA6AE01CCE46E89A3E284541D1B… … Wikipedia
play the system — ► to use a set of rules or laws in order to get an advantage for yourself, in a way that may not be fair: »If you know how to play the system, there are various legal loopholes to be exploited. Main Entry: ↑play … Financial and business terms
play — play1 W1S1 [pleı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(children)¦ 2¦(sports/games)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(radio/cd etc)¦ 5¦(theatre/film)¦ 6 play a part/role 7 play ball 8¦(pretend)¦ 9¦(behave)¦ 10 play games … Dictionary of contemporary English
play — 1 /pleI/ verb 1 CHILDREN (I, T) when children play, they do things that they enjoy, often together or with toys: The children ran off to play on the beach. | play sth: The boys were playing soldiers. | I don t want to play that game! (+ with):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
play — ▪ I. play play 1 [pleɪ] verb [transitive] 1. play the market( s) FINANCE if you play the market, you buy and sell shares on the stockmarket, especially to make a quick profit rather than as an investment for the future: • Unless you can afford to … Financial and business terms
play the game — to act in the correct or expected way. Some people do well just because they know how to play the game … New idioms dictionary
play the system — phrase to know how to use the rules of a system in order to get an advantage for yourself Thesaurus: bribery and manipulationhyponym to do something dishonestsynonym Main entry: play … Useful english dictionary
know — 1 verb past tense knew, past participle known INFORMATION 1 (intransitive, transitive not in progressive) to have information about something: Who knows the answer? | Do you happen to know the time? | When are they arriving? Maybe Mrs. Mott knows … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
know — [[t]no͟ʊ[/t]] ♦ knows, knowing, knew, known 1) VERB: no cont If you know a fact, a piece of information, or an answer, you have it correctly in your mind. [V n] I don t know the name of the place... [V … English dictionary
play it by ear — verb decide on one s actions as one goes along, depending on the situation She didn t know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * See play … Useful english dictionary