Keep+in+play

  • 101keep your head down — British informal to continue doing something quietly, especially when there is trouble happening around you I have got to keep my head down and play it as it comes …

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  • 102play the game — Synonyms and related words: act well, be good, be nice, behave, conform, do right, fall in with, fall into line, fit in, follow the crowd, follow the fashion, follow the rule, get in line, go through channels, keep in step, observe the… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 103play ball — Synonyms and related words: act in concert, act together, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, associate, band, band together, be in league, club together, coact, coalesce, collaborate, collude, combine, concert, concord, concur, confederate, consolidate …

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  • 104play down — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deprecate, depreciate, detract from, diminish, downplay, dull, dwarf …

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  • 105Play it cool — be cautious and shrewd; keep composure under difficult circumstances; act cautiously …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 106Play pussum — to hide oneself or try to keep something from someone; pretending you are doing something, when you are not …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 107Play the field — 1. have as many flirtations as possible; 2. keep oneself open to advantage from a number of sources …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 108play it cool — Australian Slang be cautious and shrewd; keep composure under difficult circumstances; act cautiously …

    English dialects glossary

  • 109play pussum — Australian Slang to hide oneself or try to keep something from someone; pretending you are doing something, when you are not …

    English dialects glossary

  • 110play the field — Australian Slang 1. have as many flirtations as possible; 2. keep oneself open to advantage from a number of sources …

    English dialects glossary