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Definition of "play a trick on" []

  • Deceive somebody (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "play a trick on" in a sentence
  • "His conversation with Madame Retailleau had put him in a bad temper, and he was in the mood to play a trick on his former colleague."
  • "Then he cried to the gaoler, “Take her with thee and clap her in gaol till the morning;” but he replied, “I will not take her nor will I imprison her lest she play a trick on me and I be answerable for her.”"