Shall I Play for You — Infobox Album | Name = Shall I Play for You Type = Album Artist = Paul Brandt Background = Released = 1997 Recorded = Genre = Country Length = 34:43 Label = Reprise Records Producer = Josh Leo Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5… … Wikipedia
play for time — If you play for time, you delay something because because you are not ready or need more time to thing about it. Eg. I knew I had to play for time until the police arrived … The small dictionary of idiomes
play for keeps — {v. phr.} To take an action of finality and irreversibility. * / Are you serious about me? she asked. Yes, he replied. I want to marry you. I play for keeps. / … Dictionary of American idioms
play for keeps — {v. phr.} To take an action of finality and irreversibility. * / Are you serious about me? she asked. Yes, he replied. I want to marry you. I play for keeps. / … Dictionary of American idioms
play for keeps — If you are playing for keeps, you take things very seriously and the outcome is very important to you; it is not a mere game … The small dictionary of idiomes
play for high stakes — ► to take big risks in order to achieve something that you really want: »The Prime Minister is playing for high stakes, at the risk of alienating public opinion. Main Entry: ↑play … Financial and business terms
For You (Barenaked Ladies song) — Infobox Single Name = For You Artist = Barenaked Ladies from Album = Everything to Everyone Released = 1993, 1996 Format = Recorded = 2003 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 3:27 Label = Reprise Records Writer = Steven Page Ed Robertson Producer … Wikipedia
play for time — STALL, temporize, delay, hold back, hang fire, procrastinate, drag one s feet. → play * * * play for time To delay action or decision in the hope or belief that conditions will become more favourable later • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * play for… … Useful english dictionary
play for time — If you play for time, you try to delay or prevent something from happening in order to gain an advantage. He decided to play for time in the hope that the price would decrease … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
play\ for\ keeps — v. phr. To take an action of finality and irreversibility. Are you serious about me? she asked. Yes, he replied. I want to marry you. I play for keeps … Словарь американских идиом
