单词 | to make play |
释义 | > as lemmasto make play e. to make play. extracted from playn. (a) To act effectively, produce an effect; to hasten or hurry on, make good progress; spec. (Horse Racing and Hunting) to exercise pursuers or followers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > pursue > exercise pursuers or followers to make play1799 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > deliver blows effectively to make play1799 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > exercise followers to make play1883 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 152 A pause having succeeded..Mr. Burley thought it a fit time (in the jockey-term) to make his play. 1806 Times 22 Mar. 3/2 In this round Mendoza began to make play: he rallied and knocked his opponent out of the ring. 1809 Sporting Mag. 33 89 The fox..made play towards Mr. Thellusson's. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI lxxviii. 103 But I'm too late, and therefore must make play. 1883 Scotsman 11 July 10/1 Fontenoy made play to the distance, where the favourite took the lead. 1901 E. Arnold Voy. Ithobal 70 Our oars, which—bank by bank—made play As those three keels raced gaily. 1910 Times 2 Sept. 16/2 Young Turk made play from Marajax and Greenback..to the straight, when Marajax drew out clear. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > keep adversary engaged to make play1813 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be fully occupied > keep fully occupied to play at small game (also small play) rather than sit out1565 to hold tug1577 to make play1813 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 243 A young bull of great game, made play for no less than nine-and-twenty dogs. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke ix. 75 I trust that the Duke will muster every man he can, and make play until the royal forces come up. (c) to make (great) play with (also of): to use (an idea, circumstance, etc.) freely and with a view to advantage; to make much of, exploit. ΚΠ 1872 N. Amer. Rev. July 78 In the fourth place, Mr. Buckle makes great play, in his pompous, hollow way, with the contrast of induction and deduction. 1903 Times 16 Oct. 7/2 At one point he made play with the maxim that we ought to do to others as we would wish them to do to us. 1931 R. A. J. Walling in J. Bright Diaries xv. 398 (note) He made great play of the advancement of Manchester within half a century from government by a Borough Reeve..to the stately dignity of a great municipality. 1960 D. E. Butler & R. Rose Brit. Gen. Election 1959 x. 133 Fewer Conservative candidates..made play with the argument that Labour's disunity made the party incompetent to govern. 2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 3 The embarrassing episodes, of which the Australian media made great play. < as lemmas |
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