obstinativen.
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Misreading of obstinatenes, variant of obstinateness n., as obstinatiues in compilation of O.E.D. Suppl. (see quot. 1561 at obstinateness n. for corrected reading); defined by O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) as ‘an obstinate tendency’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.- to play hard to get
- to play hardball
- to play havoc
- to play hell
- to play hell and tommy
- to play hell with
- to play hide the sausage
- to play high
- to play his vagary
- to put one's neck out
- to put one's nose inside
- to put one's nose to the grindstone
- to put one's oar in
- to put one's own house in order
- to put one's shirt on
- to put one's shoulder out
- to put one's shoulder to the wheel
- to put one's skates on
- to put one's toe in
- to put one's toe in the water
- to put one's whole heart into
- to put one'the finger on
- to put oneself in a person's mercy
- to put oneself in a person's will
- to put oneself in another person's place