"play the Nazi card" meaning in All languages combined

See play the Nazi card on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-play the Nazi card.wav Forms: plays the Nazi card [present, singular, third-person], playing the Nazi card [participle, present], played the Nazi card [participle, past], played the Nazi card [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play the Nazi card (third-person singular simple present plays the Nazi card, present participle playing the Nazi card, simple past and past participle played the Nazi card)
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To invoke the reductio ad Hitlerum argument in a dialogue or debate. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-play_the_Nazi_card-en-verb-Rd7Q7ive Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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