play dirty

play dirty

English

Verb

play dirty (third-person singular simple present plays dirty, present participle playing dirty, simple past and past participle played dirty)

1. To act dishonestly or unfairly.

   Antonym: play fair

Translations

to act dishonestly

Finnish: pelata likaista peliä, pelata kieroa peliä German: dreckig spielen Italian: giocare sporco

Romanian: juca murdar Spanish: jugar sucio

Further reading

• “play dirty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “play dirty” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “play dirty” (US) / “play dirty” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.