If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
Gregory would interview them, and would play one off against the other. [VERB noun PARTICLEPARTICLE noun]
[Also VP n (not pron) P n]
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Chinese translation of 'play off against'
play off against
vt
挑拨(撥)离(離)间(間) (tiǎobō líjiàn)
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Nearby words of
play off against
play at
play back
play down
play off against
play on
play up
player
All related terms of 'play off against'
play up
( machine, part of body ) 出毛病 chū máobìng
play on
( sb's feelings, fears ) 利用 lìyòng
play down
减(減)低 jiǎndī
play back
( recording, message, video ) 回放 huífàng
play at
▶ to play at (doing/being) sth ( do half-heartedly ) 敷衍地做某事 fūyǎn de zuò mǒushì ; ( as game ) 扮成某事 bànchéng mǒushì ⇒ They played at (being) soldiers. → 他们扮成士兵。 Tāmen bànchéng shìbīng.