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单词 to run a game
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to run (also put up, whip, etc.) a (also the) game
P10. U.S. colloquial (esp. in African-American usage). to run (also put up, whip, etc.) a (also the) game: to employ trickery or deception; to get the better of someone; (later also) to tell a fib, to be kidding. Frequently with on.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)]
to pull a finchc1386
to bore a person's nose?1577
to wipe a person's nose1577
verse1591
lurch1593
to grope a gull1594
cheat1647
to lick (another's) fingers1656
to live upon the shark1694
sharp1709
fineer1765
to pluck a pigeon1769
swindle1769
to run a game1894
to sell (a person) a pup1901
scam1963
1894 Cent. Mag. Mar. 643/2 If he thinks we 're puttin' up a game on him, tell him this.
1918 J. Gregory Six Feet Four xv. 156 How do I know you're tellin' me the truth?.. How do I know you aint puttin' up a game on me?
1961 H. Ellison Gentleman Junkie 149 Stop tryin' to whup the game on me, boy.
1966 R. Ostermann Crime in Amer. 104/2 These kids would spot that in a minute..and start running a game on you.
1969 R. L. Keiser Vice Lords iv. 43 Successfully manipulating others is called ‘whupping the game’.
1973 T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 162 Other operators on the street who are looking for a chance to ‘whup’ (Chicago) or ‘run’ (Los Angeles, New York) ‘a game’ (trick someone out of some money) are known as ‘slicks’ or ‘slicksters’.
1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens ii. 30 This is..the behavior that urban blacks use to ‘run a game on the man’.
1997 D. Simon & E. Burns Corner 240 Fran Boyd goes out of the Dew Drop on a late morning, runs a game on Buster to get right.
2011 ‘Ice T’ & D. Century Ice 73 ‘We could get you in the studio right now.’ I didn't know if he was running a game on me or not, but what the hell?
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