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单词 to make a play
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to make a play (for)
a. slang (originally U.S.). An attempt to achieve or gain something; a move, a manoeuvre, a venture; spec. (a) Baseball an action in which a player is put out; (b) North American Sport a group of actions in a team game regarded as a single coherent act or manoeuvre; (c) an attempt to sexually attract another person. Frequently in to make a play (for).
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > attack
attack1786
attacking1804
play1868
penetration1958
run-and-gun1967
pressing1976
the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > attempt to gain someone's affections
dead set1823
play1905
the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt
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assayc1386
proffera1400
proof?a1400
pluck?1499
saymenta1500
minta1522
attemptate1531
attempt1548
attemption1565
say1568
trice1579
offer1581
fling1590
tempt1597
essay1598
trial1614
tentative1632
molition1643
conamen1661
put1661
tentamen1673
conatus1722
shot1756
go1784
ettle1790
shy1824
hack1830
try1832
pop1839
slap1840
venture1842
stagger1865
flutter1874
whack1884
whirl1884
smack1889
swipe1892
buck1913
lash1941
wham1957
play1961
1868 H. Chadwick Game of Baseball 46 A ‘treble play’ is made when three players are put out after the ball is hit, before it is pitched to the bat again.
1905 ‘H. McHugh’ Get Next! 75 His intentions are honorable and he wishes to prove them so by shooting his lady love if she renigs when he makes a play for her hand.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 174 Most clubs try to keep an umpire feeling hostile toward the team because, even if he means to see a play right, he is likely to call a close one against his enemies, not intending to be dishonest.
1943 D. Powell Time to be Born (new ed.) vi. 132 If you were twenty years younger I'd make a play for you, no fooling.
1961 P. Field Rattlesnake Ridge xiv. 170 It's the second time War Ax hands made a play for that money.
1966 P. G. Wodehouse Plum Pie i. 26 Grab the girl while the grabbing's good, because..your nephew Bertram is making a heavy play in her direction.
1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 30/2 In the U.S., a guard is supposed to handle the ball and set up plays.
1978 S. Brill Teamsters ii. 60 The attempt that finally worked was the play by Giacalone, to get Hoffa to a peace meeting.
1996 Sunday Sport 29 Sept. 2/2 Where have all the fatties gone? We asked Britain's biggest gut-buckets to send us their pictures and make a play for the Mr Belly '96 award.
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